Kofi Adu Domfeh

1 month ago | developmentarena.blogspot.com | Kofi Adu Domfeh

Executive Secretary of UNClimate Change, Simon Stiell, says clear and strong climate policies are anantidote to trade and economic uncertainty. He believes climate policycan help get trade flowing and economies growing, while preventing wildlydestructive climate impacts. Speaking at the 2025Nature Summit in Panamá City, Panamá, he noted that a new generation ofnational climate plans are essential all around the world.

1 month ago | developmentarena.blogspot.com | Kofi Adu Domfeh

Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change(AGN), Dr. Richard Muyungi, has called for a ‘Just Transition’ that addressesAfrica’s energy poverty. Emphasizing the ‘Africa First’ agenda, he said Africa cannottalk about just transition while over 600 million people in Africa are withoutaccess to energy and 900 without clean cooking solutions.

2 months ago | developmentarena.blogspot.com | Kofi Adu Domfeh

Diplomatsat the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) have agreed to theworld’s first-ever carbon pricing mechanism applied to a major pollutingindustry – global shipping. OnFriday, 11 April, at IMO headquarters in London, countries voted during theclosing plenary to adopt a global framework that will put a carbon price onshipping emissions that will help the industry decarbonise and encourage theuse of cleaner technologies.

Mar 7, 2025 | developmentarena.blogspot.com | Kofi Adu Domfeh

TheUnited States has announced its withdrawal from the Just EnergyTransition Partnership (JETP) with South Africa, signaling atroubling retreat from global climate leadership and an abandonment of vitalfinancial commitments to the world’s most climate-impacted nations. SouthAfrica, the first country to secure a JETP agreement, was set to receive over$1.5 billion in financial support from the US to transition from coal torenewable energy; however, their exit now leaves a significant funding gap.

Feb 21, 2025 | developmentarena.blogspot.com | Kofi Adu Domfeh

Asthe official deadline passes for countries to submit their revised NationallyDetermined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, only 13 of the 195parties have done so. Alarmingly,this group includes just five developed countries, which are required to leadthe way on climate action. Underthe Paris Agreement, every country must update its national climate action planevery five years.