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COP18: Day 3 Update

Day 3 of COP18 was punctuated with news of numerous hurdles hampering the progress of the search for solutions to combat climate change. Typical of most negotiations, there were parties who were keen on making it near impossibl...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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COP18: Conflict, climate change and women

Today is the United Nations Gender Day and earlier this week marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. As delegates wind down from Day Two of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP18), it i...
by Sophie Trevitt
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COP18: Climate change and conflict – The youth constituency

The nexus… It is really hard to talk about climate change without mentioning conflict. So where is the nexus? It’s pretty easy to see the connection. See, climate change manifests itself through the effects and events that ...
by Rubin Makomere
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COP18: Climate change and Africa’s health

For health anywhere to be sustained, people need clean air, safe water, adequate food, tolerable temperature, stable climate, and high levels of biodiversity. Climate change is envisaged to alter all these requirements of a hea...
by Daniel Wasonga
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Humanizing REDD+: Focusing on the Rights of Indigenous Forest Communities

Protesters gather outside a Governors Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) meeting in Chiapas lamenting against the UN programme to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing counties (REDD). Chant...
by Rubin Makomere
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COP18: African Union

Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions about Africa is that up until a few years ago, measures to tackle climate change within the continent were non-existent. Africa didn’t have environmental protection laws, right? Wrong...
by Ruth Nyambura
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COP18: Conflict in climate change and Africa

Young climate change activist and women’s rights advocate Ruth Nyambura is attending the United Nations Climate Conference this year to join the voices of the global south calling for strong action on climate change. Nyambura...
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COP18: Doha Briefs – Of apples, mangoes and gateway

Finally, COP18 has come to an end; but then, the reactions on the outcome, dubbed Doha Climate Gateway, have been mixed.  Let us sort through the apples and mangoes by looking into the nitty gritties of the Doha Climate Gat...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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COP18: Doha Briefs – Pulling off the blinders

Ambition has been the buzzword of late at COP18, and this is especially with regards to finance and cutting down of Green House Gas emissions. Ambition Lacks There has been a constant outcry by the least developing countries a...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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