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For people in the forefront of the climate crisis, time is of the essence. This is true for southern Africa where the devastating Cyclone Freddy laid bare low-income countries’ high vulnerability to extreme climate events. In the worst-hit Malawi, the storm killed more than 600 people and displaced at least 650 000 more, while also
The first talks on how to set up a loss and damage fund were held this week. In the meantime, disaster-torn countries like Malawi appeal for urgent support.
While climate-linked migration and displacement (‘mobility’) feature throughout discussions at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27), they are not officially on the agenda. This is likely because climate-linked mobility is typically framed as a threat or a loss instead of an opportunity. Climate migrants have been called ‘the face of climate change.’ Its effects are severely disrupting and altering how and where humans move. Predictions that millions will flee from the global south to the global north are, at best, well-intentioned efforts to compel ...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says its objective of creating an inter-generational exchange among Customs officers is in line with World Customs Organisation’s (WCO) agenda to place younger generation at the heart of global customs transformation. Mr Samuel Akrofi, a Principal Revenue Officer at the Customs…
This year the World Customs Organisations (WCO) has placed the younger generation at the heart of global customs transformation. As such, the WCO prescribes that customs administrations around the world be intentional about nurturing the younger generation to take up the mandate of promoting security, international trade and revenue collection.…