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NAIROBI, Nov 08 (IPS) - Climate change finance will continue to be a focal point during the upcoming COP28 negotiations in the UAE. Dr Oldman Koboto, manager and advisor for the Commonwealth Climate Finance Hub, speaks about what’s expected.As the countdown to COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, continues, IPS caught up with Dr Oldman Koboto, Mauritius-based Manager for the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub (CCFAH).

This year is virtually certain to be the warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after...

TAKRAF awarded a contract for an In Pit Crushing & Conveying (IPCC) and material handling system by Rio Tinto in Guinea

Maintaining that the ED statements against Baghel were politically motivated and impinging on the principle of level playing field during elections, Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said, "We have requested the EC to put an immediate stop on the activities of the election department of the BJP". Party leader Tariq Anwar said, "the ED is acting as the election agent of the BJP in Chhattisgarh and is making unverified statements against our chief minister".

The bursting of the Hiroshima bombs worth of heat in the ocean bursting in air will spell the end of civilization.

The tower, which cost around Rs 20 crore to be commissioned, is aimed at purifying air within a 1 km radius around the structure. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated this tower in August 2021.

Over 200 health journals call on the United Nations, political leaders, and health professionals to recognise that climate change and biodiversity loss are one indivisible crisis and must be tackled together to preserve health and avoid catastrophe. This overall environmental crisis is now so severe as to be a global health emergency.”

By Andrew Constable and Jess Melbourne-Thomas (*) - While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming for decades, the annual extent of winter sea ice seemed relatively stable – compared to the Arctic. In some areas Antarctic sea ice was even increasing. That was until 2016, when everything changed. The annual extent of winter sea ice stopped increasing. Now we have had two years of record lows.

An excerpt from ‘Survival at Stake: How Our Treatment of Animals Is Key to Human Existence’, by Poorva Joshipura.

At the COP28 climate summit set to be held in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates later this month, carbon markets are sure to be high on the agenda. And some African leaders are hoping to capitalize. The Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI), a consortium of Global North donors, corporate representatives, conservation groups, and energy lobbyists, […]