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CLIMATE CHANGE
ECOWAS and the German ministry of Education and Research discuss collaboration on climate change and green transition during a working visit
Abuja, Nigeria, December 17, 2022. A delegation from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) led by the Head of Unit, Global Change and Climate Research, BMBF, Dr. Karsten Hess has paid a working visit to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, on January 17, 2023 at the ECOWAS
Making the pivot toward implementation
Of course, climate pledges aren’t worth the paper they’re written on if they aren’t taken off the page and turned into concrete action. That’s why COP27 was expected to be one of “implementation.” On the opening day of the conference, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called for aligning “every corner of human activity”
Mobilizing more financial support for developing countries
Finance is at the heart of all that the world is doing to combat climate change. Mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, climate technology – all of it requires sufficient funds to function properly and to yield the desired results. On this crucial topic, COP27 created a pathway to align the broader finance flows towards low
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Holding businesses and institutions to account
This new phase of implementation also means a new focus on accountability when it comes to the commitments made by sectors, businesses and institutions. “There is absolutely no point putting ourselves through all that we’ve just gone through if we’re going to participate in an exercise of collective amnesia the moment the cameras move on,”
Maintaining a clear intention to keep 1.5°C within reach
The world is in a critical decade for climate action. This is not hyperbole – the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says limiting warming to around 1.5°C requires global greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 at the latest, and be reduced by 43% by 2030. That’s seven short years from now. However, the world is
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Establishing a dedicated fund for loss and damage
COP27 closed with a breakthrough agreement to provide loss and damage funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by floods, droughts and other climate disasters. This was widely lauded as an historic decision. Why? Because for the first time, countries recognized the need for finance to respond to loss and damage associated with the catastrophic effects
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Mohammed H. Abdullahi
Mohammed H. Abdullahi was born on 21st April, 1968 at Uke in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He had his primary education at Uke Central Primary School and Government Secondary School Uke from 1974-1979 and 1979-1984 respectively. He graduated from Usman Danfodio University Sokoto with a combined Honours Degree in Law and was
