Baboki Kayawe

Child of the Most High God. Lioness mum to Billiow. MPhil Natural Resources candidate. Climate change, all- beats- in -between, SDGs journalist.

[Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 @advocatemahere]

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[Mmegi @MmegiOnline]

FEATURE: The polar bear has become recognised as the face of climate change, but experts say pregnant women could also perfectly be emblematic. Rising heat and adverse climate events are raising more hazards for expectant mothers, writes @BabokiKay https://t.co/h5ncfsbGFH

[COP28 UAE @COP28_UAE]

The voice of young speakers at COP28 is a powerful reminder: it is our children and grandchildren’s future at stake.

Together we are shaping a future where every voice - regardless of age - contributes to building a sustainable world.

#COP28

[Mmegi @MmegiOnline]

ANALYSIS: Least responsible for climate change but most affected by it, Africa went to COP28 in Dubai seeking help to cope with the effects of the crisis. Negotiators returned with little to show writes @BabokiKay who was in the UAE https://t.co/5INtt8hsUE

[Mohamed Adow @mohadow]

"This COP saw the loss & damage fund established, it finally named the cause of the climate crisis — fossil fuels — & it committed the world to transition away from them, with action required in this decade. That's more than we get from most COPs.”

https://t.co/MA4qKGwAOw

[IDRC | CRDI @IDRC_CRDI]

As #COP28 ends, we cannot forget vulnerable communities. The research we support fills knowledge gaps to reduce inequalities faced by women and youth, which are made worse by climate change. Learn more: https://t.co/Bb4gxaJBdm.

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

Meanwhile Dubai's well oiled and gased luxury and wealth was finely dressed in glitter and splendor, as always. Who would say goodbye? "Whilst we didn’t turn the page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end," UN's Simon Stiell said.

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

Literature has shown that women are disproportionately affected by the harsh effects of climate change @MeshaScience, @IDRC_ESARO

[Mmegi @MmegiOnline]

An ongoing gender and climate change vulnerability hotspot mapping study across Botswana’s agriculture, water and tourism sectors has revealed that women and girls are increasingly becoming more vulnerable to climate risks. @BabokiKay writes https://t.co/VXJEZ3WwEa

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@MeshaScience , @IDRC_ESARO

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ANALYSIS: The nation’s lead negotiator at the COP28 climate talks, Balisi Gopolang, has pointed an accusing finger at the developing world for its U-turn on adaptation financing, writes @BabokiKay* https://t.co/D61KiF8Nd1

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

Anti- fossil-fuels demonstrations going at Expo City Dubai @COP28_UAE. Meanwhile, it has been a long wait for outcomes due to lack of convergence among the negotiating Parties. @MmegiOnline , @MeshaScience @IDRC_ESARO

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

African negotiators on the edge as #COP28UAE talks reach D-Day. They are anti-text on Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and Global Stocktake (GST). @MeshaScience , @IDRC_ESARO

[Michel Nkurunziza @MichNkurunziza]

As curtains close on COP28 negotiations today, the Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN) says the continent’s demands for greater support in adaptation to cope with climate change, are being ignored @MeshaScience @BabokiKay @IDRC_ESARO
https://t.co/Ze04zpICPw

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

Chasing the science and text. Beyond the English, my people in Maun where it has been blistering hot for over a month await an outcome that would not perpetuate the heatwave. Thanks to @MeshaScience, @IDRC_ESARO for enabling the first hand experience of climate talks. @MboBW✍️

[Lameez Omarjee @LameezOmarjee]

We’ve been on the ground for just over a week - but in between chasing stories @COP28_UAE we managed to take a group picture. Follow our stories @MeshaScience

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

@MeshaScience

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

@COP28_UAE wraps up tomorrow. Engage with some of the great inventions around the green economy 🇧🇼is offering the world.
https://t.co/ncTzrSXVpR @IDRC_ESARO

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

@COP28_UAE wraps up tomorrow. Engage with some of the great inventions around the green economy 🇧🇼is offering the world.
https://t.co/ncTzrSXVpR @IDRC_ESARO

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

@COP28_UAE wraps up tomorrow. Engage with some of the great inventions around the green economy 🇧🇼is offering the world.
https://t.co/ncTzrSXVpR @IDRC_ESARO

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

As we approach the finish line of #COP28, my main message is clear:

We need an ambitious outcome that demonstrates decisive #ClimateAction and a credible plan to keep the 1.5°C warming limit alive and to protect those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

I learnt a lot form these amazing women. Climate mobility deserves more time and space in the agenda than we think, and accord it. It requires urgency and agency.

[Fadhel Kaboub فاضل قابوب @FadhelKaboub]

Join me tomorrow at 10am GMT for a conversation with Mariann Bassey-Oruwvuje and Ubrei-Joe Maimoni Mariere 👇🏾

Friends of the Earth Africa, Climate Justice and Energy & Food Sovereignty Programme will be hosting this session on Loss & Damage Fund.

RSVP: https://t.co/PUadAyWlwX

[Baboki Kayawe @BabokiKay]

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Thank you Mmegi newspaper, I appreciate The Goon; my former editor. I recognize Power Shift Africa for a slot at the Africa Climate Summit.