18th February 2021
Botswana’s Negotiator at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Professor Julius Atlhopheng has said that funding mechanisms remain a major challenge for countries with low economies to implement their pledges for the Paris Agreement of 2015.
During the Conference of Parties (COP21), also Paris Agreement, countries pledged to reduce their emission of Green House Gases (GHG) so that they reduce the rise of global temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030.
In an interview with this publication at his office at the Department of Environmental Science, Professor Atlhopheng indicated that all countries had submitted what was called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Although even developed countries are far from reaching their targets, developing countries are compromised by lack of funding. They do not have budget for tackling climate change.
LIBERIA: In Energy Sector CI, EPA, Begins Two-Days Training for Technicians LIBERIA: In Energy Sector CI, EPA, Begins Two-Days Training for Technicians
The Conservation International (CI), and Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) on Monday February 18, 2021 begins a two-day technical training workshop in Monrovia for technicians in the energy sector on the methodologies and application of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines and software for data collection, analysis and reporting.
The training which took place at a local entertainment center in Monrovia was held under the auspices of the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) Project and supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Farmers of the south-central districts of Bangladesh, namely Barishal, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Pirojpur, have been practicing floating agriculture for decades, if not centuries. But over the last two decades, this indigenous, wetland-based agrosystem has turned into something of a "climate celebrity". During monsoon months, floating beds are traditionally made with compactly
Locally Led Adaption To Climate Change: The Start of a 10-Year Learning Journey
Our vision for a journey to promote locally led adaptation.
In early 2021, a fast-growing group of experts will meet in Gobeshona to define a 10-year learning agenda to advance principles for critical locally led adaption to climate change. Saleemul Huq and Clare Shakya explain the importance of this group and the journey ahead.
Collectively, the world has failed to respond to the triple crises of poverty, climate and nature at the scale and speed so desperately needed by the poorest communities. Going further and faster on climate action demands a whole-of-society response and requires more, and better quality, support.