Global law firm designs uniform law to ease deployment of capital into ‘green’ infrastructure programmes Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | DLA Piper in collaboration with the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), Africa investor (Ai) and the CFA Asset Owners Council (AoC), has launched the Model Law on Institutional Investor-Public …
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Mt. Elgon communities cling to tested self-help models Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Three weeks before the just ended COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Kate Airey; the British High Commissioner to Uganda visited the Mt. Elgon district of Bududa in eastern Uganda. She told her audience that she had …
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Providing access to clean energy products in rural Uganda offers lessons on how to scale climate action COMMENT | MARVIN TUMUSIIME | It’s a little-known fact outside of this part of the world, that Uganda is a hotspot for entrepreneurs. My home of Uganda is brimming with an enterprising community …
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But can Glasgow Climate Pact speed up pace of climate action? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Nov.13, as thousands of climate scientists, diplomats, senior government officials, civil society activists, bankers and fossil fuel executives exited Glasgow, almost a day after the COP26 was scheduled to end, many left …
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Glasgow, UK | Xinhua | The United Nations climate change conference concluded Saturday after a one-day extension, with negotiators agreeing on a new global pact to tackle climate change. Nearly 200 participating countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact at the end of 26th session of the Conference of the Parties …
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COP26 ends with global agreement to accelerate action on climate this decade Two weeks of intense negotiations finally complete the Paris Rulebook For the first time COP agrees position on phasing down unabated coal power The Glasgow Climate Pact caps two years of diplomacy and ambition raising Glasgow, Scotland | …
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Frontline communities ask investment banks to stop financing climate crisis Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the UN climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, came to a somewhat disappointing close on Nov.12, indigenous community rights activists gathered outside the offices of banking giants, JPMorgan Chase, in Glasgow, to demand …
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Climate finance have not been placed at the heart of discussions at Glasgow summit and lack of political will from major economies will impair climate action in Africa Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The COP26 UN Climate Change Conference underway in Glasgow, Scotland is yet to come up with concrete steps …
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Glasgow , Scotland | THE INDEPENDENT | Mother Nature took centre stage as the pivotal UN climate conference reached the halfway point, with millions taking to the streets of the cities around the world with a call to invest in nature-based solutions and a greener approach to farming. Nature is …
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Climate finance is essential in the fight against climate change Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The international community should honor financial pledges to support climate adaptation in Africa alongside debt relief as a means to secure a green and inclusive future for the continent, campaigners said on Tuesday. Speaking on the …
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