climate change
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National
Uganda’s innovators win Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Award
DUBAI, December 12, 2023 – Uganda’s Michael Okao, Darius Ogwang and Joshua Elem have won this year’s Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Award for the best technical solution for their solar concentrator that…
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International
Commonwealth unveils framework to help African countries implement Living Lands Charter
DUBAI, December 6, 2023 – A new implementation framework was launched yesterday to facilitate coordinated action among the 56 Commonwealth countries, including African member states, on land, biodiversity and climate challenges, directly…
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Africa
Multilateral development banks commit to boost collaboration on climate and development
DUBAI, December 5, 2023 – Multilateral development banks [MDBs] attending the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference [COP 28] have affirmed their commitment to a concerted, global action, including increasing co-financing and private…
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Africa
Commonwealth action group launched to help African countries cut methane emissions
DUBAI, December 4, 2023 – A new action group announced in Dubai today will help Commonwealth countries, including African member states, rapidly cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane as part…
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Africa
COP 28: AfDB’s US$1bln insurance facility to protect millions of farmers in Africa
DUBAI, December 4, 2023 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] has presented its planned US$1 billion facility to provide insurance to more than 40 million farmers across the continent against severe impacts…
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International
Commonwealth Secretary-General will call for accelerated action on climate crisis at COP28
LONDON, November 28, 2023– The Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, will lead the Commonwealth delegation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference [COP28] in Dubai to call for accelerated action on the climate…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Senegal: AfDB agrees loan of nearly €87mln for agricultural hub
DAKAAR, November 24, 2023 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] has approved a €86.89 million loan to Senegal to develop an agribusiness processing zone in the north of the country, with the…
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Development
Uganda, China legislatures to continue cooperating
KAMPALA, November 24, 2023 – The deputy speakers of the legislatures of Uganda and China have committed to maintain their cooperation in an effort to keep a strong relationship between the two…
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International
World Bank and Global Fund: Stronger collaboration to tackle impact of climate change on health
WASHINGTON, November 23, 2023 ― The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria [the Global Fund] have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] outlining how the two…
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Agriculture
Adjumani refugees adapt to climate change in fight against food insecurity, malnutrition
ADJUMANI, November 21, 2023 – A number of development partners are supporting refugees in Uganda to adapt to the impacts of climate change to fight food insecurity and malnutrition. One of the…
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