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African Insurers Take Up Climate Change Fight With $14bn Pledge

A group of over 85 insurers in Africa has pledged to create a financing facility to provide $ 14 billion of cover to help the continent’s most vulnerable communities deal.

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Chinese Embassy Supports Gambians Flood Victims with Relief and Empowerment Materials

The Chinese embassy has presented relief materials which included 40 sewing machines to enhance the living standard of victims affected by the June flash floods that overwhelmed parts of the.

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COP27: UK Pledges £95m Towards Climate-resilient Agricultural Projects in Nigeria

The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly has announced that a £95 million fund has been approved for a new agriculture initiative in Nigeria – Propcom+, a nickname for its.

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Namibia secures $544 million in climate finance at COP27

President Hage Geingob informed the world at the COP27 summit that Namibia had secured over 540 million euros ($544 million) in climate finance from the Dutch government and European Investment.

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Africa: Gates Foundation Pledges $1.4billion For The Climate Adaptation Needs Of Smallholder Farmers

The Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to invest $1.4 billion to assist smallholder farmers in addressing the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change in Africa. This announcement was.

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COP27: Seychelles Moves To Protect 100 Per cent Of Mangroves, Seagrass Meadows In 2023

In addition to the 32 per cent protection of its ocean and 50 per cent of its forest, President Wavel Ramkalawan has revealed that Seychelles will move to 100 per.

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‘Climate chaos’ warning as UN summit begins in Egypt

News from the UN’s climate change summit in Egypt notes a warning that the planet is ‘sending a distress signal’. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was responding to a UN report released.

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Mauritania: Impact of Interventions on Environment and Climate Change

Mauritania is one of the African countries yet to actualize its potential, even though it is blessed with natural resources. Mauritania’s economy mainly depends on natural resources of iron, gold,.

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700 Club Distributes Relief Materials To Flood-Ravaged Communities In Nigeria

The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) also known as the 700 Club has dispatched its humanitarian arm, Operation Blessing (OB), to Koton Karfe to distribute relief materials to the community; as.

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Rwanda to Launch Investors’ Green Projects Fund at COP27

Rwanda’s “Green Investment Facility”, solely dedicated to financing private investors’ green projects is expected to be launched at the 27th UN climate conference (COP27) taking place from November 8 to.

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