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shorturl.at | Alberto Leny
Hours after the United Nations Ocean Conference concluded in Nice, France, climate change negotiators arrived in Bonn, Germany, for their annual mid-year talks to lay the groundwork for the climate summit (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. For 10 days starting today, government delegates and stakeholders are at the World Conference Centre in Bonn for the meeting formally known as the 62nd session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62), to build on the outcomes from COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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1 week ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
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The debate at the just concluded United Nations Ocean Conference centred on how humanity’s survival is grounded on how we manage our relationships with the ocean and the environment. The third UN ocean summit in Nice, France, witnessed various entities showcasing their efforts to protect marine biodiversity, combat ocean pollution and support sustainable ocean economies.
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2 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
Climate change and other compelling factors have forced scientists and agricultural experts to develop new policies to drive much-needed transformation in food systems. With global warming accelerating, conflict escalating and aid shrinking, governments need clear evidence to navigate tough choices for food security, especially in Africa, where smallholder farmers are central in the formulation of these new policies.
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2 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
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Experts have earmarked 2025 as a pivotal moment for climate action, as countries prepare to submit new climate commitments ahead of the United Nations climate summit (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, in November. The new climate commitments, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), will shape the trajectory of global climate progress through 2035.
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2 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
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Africa remains shackled in “energy poverty”, with 600 million people on the continent deprived of access to electricity and exposed to its associated climate risks. In January, during the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, African leaders committed to drastically cutting the continent’s energy poverty by halving the 600 million citizens of the continent currently without access to electricity.
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2 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
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Political campaigns have intensified countrywide following Parliament’s approval on June 4, 2025, of the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson and commissioners. Although the High Court has halted the commissioners’ swearing-in, it is a foregone conclusion that the IEBC team will assume their long-delayed constitutional duties ahead of the 2027 General Election.
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2 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
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The third United Nations Ocean Conference opened in Nice, France, on June 9, 2025, amid rising pressure for nations to turn decades of promises into tangible protection for the seas. Ahead of the conference on Sunday, June 8, 2025, dozens of research and exploration vessels from around the world set sail off the coast of Nice to usher in the Ocean Summit 2025 and celebrate World Oceans Day.
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2 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
Nigeria’s government is scrambling to provide emergency relief aid after raging floods 10 days ago left more than 200 people dead, 121 injured and more than 1,000 missing in the country’s north-central state of Niger. Vice-President Kashim Settima, representing President Bola Tinubu, last Wednesday visited the disaster-stricken area and announced emergency relief, including essential goods, 20 trucks of grains, pulses and a reconstruction aid package worth Ksh155.16 million.
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2 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
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The world is eagerly awaiting the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion on the obligations of states under international law to protect the climate system. After years of dogged campaigning for environmental justice, some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, mostly small island developing states and least developed countries, finally had their day in court at The Hague last December.
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3 weeks ago | 
peopledaily.digital | Alberto Leny
Representatives of 186 member countries are currently meeting at the 69th Session of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council to consider wide-ranging support and to disburse US$261 million for innovative initiatives worldwide. The GEF Council meeting in Washington DC marks the official launch of the GEF Trust Fund’s ninth replenishment (GEF-9), which will start next month and run through June 2030, with timing aligned to multiple environmental goals.
