COP27 occurs when floods, drought, wildfires, storms, and cyclones devastate communities, economies, and ecosystems globally.
The COP27 President Special Representative Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd told the Africa Climate Podcast that nations must prioritize action now and not backtrack on their climate action promises.
Also, listen to how access to timely weather texts is saving Kenyan farmers from drought-related losses
Ambassador Aboulmagd says of the total private climate investments, only less than one percent is being allocated to adaptation, while 61 percent of total public and private climate finance going to countries are in loans. Hence the most vulnerable, least contributors to the climate emergency are incurring debts to pay for their climate actions.
Click on the link below to listen to our full conversations.
At the same time, the energy crisis brought by the Russia-Ukraine war has seen countries like Japan call for a push to revive the country’s nuclear power industry. In Germany, the energy crisis has rekindled debate on shutting down the country’s last three nuclear power plants by the end of 2022, while Belgium has delayed by a decade its plan to scrap nuclear energy in 2025