By Joke Kujenya AT COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, civil society groups, including the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) movement, have gathered to demand urgent climate action. During a People’s Plenary on 22 November, activists from both the Global South and North united under the theme “Pay Up, Stand Up: Finance Climate Action, Not Genocide”....
By Joke Kujenya MILLIONS OF people worldwide are grappling with the escalating effects of climate change, from deadly floods to relentless droughts. This disclosure was made by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the COP29 climate summit where the agency unveiled a series of ambitious projects aimed at tackling th...
By JKNewsMedia Environment THE PRESENCE of 1,773 fossil fuel lobbyists at the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku has sparked outrage among environmental rights groups in Africa, who warn that the industry’s influence is obstructing climate justice. The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition, which includes prominent Nigerian and African orga...
By Joke Kujenya ACROSS VULNERABLE communities worldwide, the impacts of climate change are being felt daily, from soaring food prices to extreme weather events that threaten homes and livelihoods. Fueling the focus of COP29, held this year in Azerbaijan, which aimed to address these challenges head-on by launching a landmark carbon market fram...
By Joke Kujenya AS COP29 approaches, environmental activists and food justice advocates have rallied for urgent climate action. The conference, set to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024, has spurred a series of critical discussions regarding global climate policy. Ahead of the conference, the Health of Mother Earth Fo...
By Joke Kujenya IN THE Sahara Desert, where annual rainfall barely reaches two inches, a massive downpour hit for the first time in 50 years—an event never seen in such a short span. For two days in early September, rainstorms swept across regions like Errachidia and Merzouga, depositing several inches of rain. Residents of Errachidia, [&helli...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ABENA MENSAH remembers the days when the Pra River flowed clear, offering her community both clean water and a steady source of food. But now, the river’s once-blue waters run thick with mud and chemicals, a casualty of illegal mining activities that have swept across her village in Ghana’s Western [...
By Joke Kujenya THE NIGERIA Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has announced a forecast of thunderstorms and heavy rains spanning three days, starting Wednesday. Released on Tuesday in Abuja, the weather outlook predicts significant weather activity across various regions in the country. Morning thunderstorms on Wednesday are anticipated over Jigaw...
By Joke Kujenya ON A SCORCHING afternoon in Gbagada, located between Kosofe and Shomolu local government areas in Lagos, Maria Abbey felt the relentless heat seep through the walls of her small apartment. Despite having her ceiling fan on full blast, the stifling air offered no respite. By noon, she narrated to JKNewsMedia how the […]
By Joke Kujenya FROM JULY 8th to 12th, Africa will take a decisive step in confronting its air pollution crisis as it hosts the CLEAN-Air Forum in Lagos. The event, organized by AirQo from Makerere University and co-hosted by the University of Lagos and Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), aims to address the continent’s...
