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A Big Question Looms Over COP30: If We Cannot Stop A Warming Climate, Can We At Least Adapt?

By Msizi Khoza, Managing Executive ESG at Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) Brazil has called on nations to prioritize honouring previous pledges ahead of COP30. Climate adaptation financing was a major talking point at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Developed nations agreed to take the lead in raising the $300 billion required to start addressing the adaptation needs […]

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Should We Attribute All Climate-Related Disasters Only To Global Warming?

By Ameenah Gurib-Fakim The Republic of Mauritius, an island nation, experienced its latest flash floods since the last bad one in 2013. These floods resulted in the loss of lives and hefty bills for car insurers with over 3000 cars have been damaged. Unfortunately, we will go through more climate-related traumas because, as an island nation, […]

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Small Islands With Big Aspirations

By James Michel Everyone knows that small island states are on the frontline of global warming. Rising sea levels, acidification destroying fisheries and coral reefs, and changing patterns of rainfall are just some of the challenges. Some low-lying islands have already been lost to the ocean. These challenges are real and can hardly be understated. Yet […]

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Just Transition Toward A Low Carbon Future Is Littered With Many Hurdles

By Benedict Mongalo Global warming and its adverse effects have become heated and controversial topics among government leaders, policymakers, corporates, and scenario planners in recent times.  Despite some climate change denialists, there is consensus in the science community that worldwide adverse and erratic climate conditions experienced in recent years are attributable to global warming. Greenpeace […]

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Extreme Weather The New Normal If Global Warming Increases At Current Speed

By Franck Kuwonu Rondrotiana Barimalala is a climate researcher at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and a lead author for the IPCC report to the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report titled Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. The report says we can act on climate change but warns that time is […]

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Global Warming: Severe Consequences for Africa

Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a path toward unacceptable warming, with serious implications for development prospects in Africa. “Limiting warming to 1.5° C is possible within the laws of chemistry and physics, but doing so would require unprecedented changes,” said Jim Skea, cochair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

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