David Akana

Nov 25, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | David Akana

COP29 will be remembered for delivering a controversial deal of $300 billion when most delegates at the talks were already on flights back home; the agreement is far less than the more than $1 trillion developing nations sought.

Nov 20, 2024 | fr.mongabay.com | David Akana

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim insiste sur la nécessité d’inclure les voix des peuples autochtones dans les négociations climatiques, pour respecter leurs droits et valoriser leurs connaissances traditionnelles. L’activiste dénonce le double standard médiatique concernant les catastrophes climatiques, en soulignant l’absence de couverture des inondations dévastatrices au Tchad par rapport à celles en Espagne.

Nov 14, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | David Akana

The head of the African Development Bank has made the case for valuing Africa’s natural wealth more fairly, given its importance in the global fight against climate change. Akinwumi Adesina notes that the continent’s GDP in 2018 was estimated at $2.5 trillion, yet the value of its natural capital was assessed at $6 trillion. “It is high time that we incorporate the value of Africa’s natural capital into our assessments of GDP.

Nov 11, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | David Akana

Baku, Azerbaijan The outcome of the recent elections in the United States looms large on the United Nations Climate Change Summit, which opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. As thousands of delegates gathered at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, the venue of this year’s meeting, questions lingered regarding the role and leadership of the U.S. moving forward.

Nov 4, 2024 | news.mongabay.com | David Akana

From 11 to 22 November, the world will be looking to leaders to ramp up action and financial support for nations on the frontlines of climate change. COP29 is billed as the ‘finance COP’ because it is time for countries to set a new global climate finance goal. Will Africa get the support it requires, this time?