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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Online search queries related to “climate anxiety” have increased

Online search queries related to "climate anxiety" have risen, according to data gathered by Google. Studies also suggest that women are more affected by climate anxiety than men. The rise of wildfires, floods, and droughts around the world are just some of the highly visible signs of climate change. According to the BBC, what is reported less is the impact of climate change on human minds. Climate anxiety - defined […]

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Shigwedha stresses global collaboration on climate change

Nine days ahead of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, Anna Shigwedha, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, emphasised the importance for joint efforts to address the challenges of climate change. “We are in a climate crisis that has largely been caused by more industrialised economies,” Shigwedha said in a keynote address delivered at the SASSCAL Climate Change Dialogue Namibia Conference in Windhoek […]

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A Basic understanding of farm enterprise diversification

By Erastus Ngaruka, Technical Advisor: Livestock Agricultural production involves growing crops and rearing livestock, in order to produce a range of commodities or end-products. Farm enterprise diversification is simply the practice of producing a range of commodities as opposed to a single commodity on farmland. Diversification constitutes the process of allocating farm resources or the factors of production land, labor and capital) to different enterprises. This process identifies valuable or […]

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Here’s what you need to know about the Emissions Gap Report 2023 by the UN Environment Programme

The UN Environment Programme's Emissions Gap Report 2023 calls attention to the alarming trajectory of global warming and the failure to meet emission reduction goals, stressing the need for urgent action to avert catastrophic climate impacts. The report, titled "Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures Hit New Highs, Yet World Fails to Cut Emissions (again)," underlines the world's deviation from the Paris Agreement goals, with temperatures heading for […]

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Oxfam calls for EU-wide tax on carbon emissions

.A new report by one of Europe's biggest charities has revealed the continent's richest countries are emitting a disproportionate amount of carbon emissions compared to nations at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale. Launching the findings, the group has called for a new EU-wide tax to balance the scales. Trent Murray reports.

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UN warns of 3°C global heating, urges climate action

The UN Emissions Gap Report warns of a possible three-degree-Celsius global heating by the century's end, citing insufficient current carbon-cutting policies. Released ahead of Cop-28, it stresses the need for intensified climate action to avoid surpassing pre-industrial warming levels. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is hopeful for the 1.5°C limit but stresses the risk of irreversible critical points without urgent action.

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More than 600,000 displaced by floods in Somalia

The number of displaced people by the rains in Somalia has gone up by 100,000 in just one week, bringing the number to close to 650,000 people. The heavy rains that started in October have killed over 100 people in the Horn of Africa. BBC Africa reports that entire towns have also been cut off in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia. The areas affected had barely recovered from the worst […]

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SASSCAL holds talks ahead of COP28

The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management is hosting the "SASSCAL CLIMATE-CHANGE DIALOGUE," engaging countries in high-level discussions on the COP28 agenda and climate issues within SASSCAL countries. Here is the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Anna Shiweda.  

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Ugandan entrepreneur wins 2023 Leadership Impact Award for solar-recycled smart bag

A Ugandan entrepreneur has won a prestigious award for her solar-recycled smart bag. Jamilah Mayanja beat twelve other global competitors to win the 2023 Leadership Impact Award which rewards individuals who have made an impact in their communities. The Mandela Washington Fellowship describes Jamilah as a social entrepreneur and educator who empowers women and girls to transform their lives and communities.  In 2012, she founded Smart Girls Uganda, a nonprofit […]

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