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By Avit Ndayiziga While developed nations commit billions to climate financing, poorer nations urge smooth climate funding processes. Despite operationalizing loss and damage fund, poorer nations, most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, complain that accessing climate finances involves overwhelming procedures that hinder the timely implementation of their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). On…

By Avit Ndayiziga COP28 has kicked off with a groundbreaking agreement to operationalize the loss and damage fund of $420 million. This fund from polluters or rich nations, aims to provide crucial assistance to developing nations that face heightened vulnerability due to the adverse effects of climate change. It is a Thursday morning, November 30,…

By Avit Ndayiziga “The world should not focus on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, instead counting the number of lives saved.” Said the COP27 president’s Youth Envoy, Dr. Omnia El Omrani during COY18 closing ceremonies. “Although I had a long flight, complex check-out at Dubai airport, and a very short time for resting,…

By Avit Ndayiziga Although the entire world is affected by severe heatwaves, extreme weather events, catastrophic deluges, and debilitating droughts, it is however the Global South, especially Africa, that suffers the most from these disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, Africa suffers the most despite contributing just 4 percent of global carbon emissions. Augustin Ngenzirabona, the General Director…