ICJ Opinion: A Win for Adaptation and Accountability
Fred McOwino (.@afunefredd ): “For too long, we've felt like adaptation and mitigation have been in competition. The ICJ opinion is a game-changer; it reinforces adaptation efforts and holds countries accountable."
Senior Adaptation Advisor, Juma Ignatius (.@Ignatiusjuma ) reacts to the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion. He terms the ruling as a major step forward for frontline communities and the Global South.
ICJ Advisory Opinion Strengthens Finance Obligations
Saada Sala, Climate Finance Advisor, Power Shift Africa: “The ICJ opinion strengthens the case for loss and damage finance, it makes it clear that polluters must pay. For the Global South, this is a powerful step in a long fight for climate justice.”
💡A New Era for Elan💡
It's 2024.
For the first time since independence, the residents of a remote village in Garissa County, Kenya, have tap water and electricity!
Power Shift Africa is excited to launch a new documentary in a series of stories from Africa on #ClimateChange
🔗 Watch to see how renewable energy is not just about cutting emissions but also empowering communities and unlocking endless socioeconomic opportunities.
https://t.co/Q9s7wm2Nkw
#RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #SolarPower #Kenya
Regional economic integration and having binding common market standards would be good for climate. Its follhardy for UNFCCC parties to act ambitiously in silos, alone.
Rules-based economic integration levelises playing ground for collective efforts towards net zero. #COP29
At #COP29, one reality sticks out-that climate change cannot be addressed exlusively through a narrow lens of greenhouse gases causing increasing temperatures. Nuances such as the interconnectedness of humanity, economic and developmental gaps must form part.
KENYA'S "LABOUR EXPORT" AGENDA & WHY IT'S DEEPER, UGLIER THAN WE SEE
Lately, the government has been blabbering about securing jobs for Kenyans abroad. The latest being 310k jobs in 4 countries, including Germany 🇩🇪 (250k). Is there more to this scheme than meets the eye? 🧵
SAVE THE DATE!
We're excited to be hosting a webinar on 3rd October 2024 at 4PM EAT/1PM GMT, to explore the UAE-Belém work programme, which is central to developing indicators to measure progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA).
Join us as we discuss these critical issues and strengthen African engagement in the adaptation process.
https://t.co/WvsS3ICblm
#Adapt2Live #ClimateAdaptation #AdaptationFinance #COP29 #UNGA79
@makaumutua But you had a chance of making it at least a dialogue if not a debate. Its unfortunate that in this election, the advisors of baba are completely making it impossible for us to recognise our Raila of 2007,2013, and 2017.
#ArcticRefuge Degradation/exploitation of our National Monuments like Brars Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante is wrong and illegal. Likewise, allowing exploitation drilling for oil an gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is illegal & misguided; it's too unique/special!
The Trump administration brushed aside concerns about climate change as it sought to justify plans for oil drilling in the Arctic refuge, even going so far as to suggest that a little extra warmth would do the planet good. https://t.co/WOUVKk5EEr
#SundayRead
At the #ClimateAction Summit, the focus was on action rather than just speeches. Governments and the private sector announced several key initiatives that will support progress on #SDGs and #ParisAgreement targets. Learn more here: https://t.co/VBRaSodXRX
#SDG7#SDG13