After a week of work at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), climate activists are denouncing the inaction of the governments gathered for the summit in Egypt to tackle climate change. An Egyptian symbol was attacked in a museum in Barcelona, Spain.
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After a week of work at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), climate activists are denouncing the inaction of the governments gathered for the summit in Egypt to tackle climate change. An Egyptian symbol was attacked in a museum in Barcelona, Spain.
Due to the ban on demonstrations in Egypt during the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), environmental activists are carrying out actions from abroad to voice their demands. On 13 November 2022 at the Egyptian Museum in Barcelona, Spain, two young activists, a man and a woman from the Futuro Vegetal collective, sprayed the glass cage with fake oil and then the walls with fake blood using plastic Coca-Cola bottles.
They then unveiled a large banner calling for « Climate Justice », denouncing a « COPCA COLA » in reference to COP27 which is taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and to the Coca-Cola Company, one of the official sponsors of the conference.
« Futuro Vegetal », a Spanish collective for disobedience against the climate crisis, is one of the conservation organisations that are not hiding their frustration at the end of the first week of the UN climate summit, hosted this year by Egypt.
Losses and damage
The launch of COP27 on 6 November 2022 was the first time that the topic of ‘loss and damage’ due to climate change has been officially put on the agenda of a COP.
In the wake of this, leaders of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) also launched an appeal on Tuesday 8 November 2022 to support developing countries. On the plant, six out of seven people on the planet live in developing countries. Environmentalists are insisting that COP27 establish a funding mechanism to deal with loss and damage. But so far, only five European countries – Austria, Scotland, Belgium, Denmark and Germany – have committed to addressing loss and damage.
Climate finance
On climate finance, rich countries failed to deliver on their promise to provide $100 billion a year for developing countries by 2020. But the first week of COP27 did not see much progress in this regard. Developed countries, on the other hand, say they can reach $100 billion by 2023.
« The negotiations are moving slowly. At the same time, announcements are being made on the sidelines of the COP, such as that of US climate envoy John Kerry on a carbon credit market, without enough information to assess them, » said Myrto Tilianaki, climate advocacy officer at CCFD-Terre solidaire in France.
Speaking at the opening of the meeting on 7 November 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron put pressure on the United States of America and China to meet the commitments made by these two countries, the two biggest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, in terms of financial solidarity and carbon dioxide emissions reduction.
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The Belgian Development Agency (ENABEL) has just signed financing agreements with the Brussels-Capital Region and the Walloon Region. Of the €6 million defined by the agreements, €5 million is intended for the complementary financing of climate resilience projects in Burkina Faso, Senegal, Burundi, Rwanda and Mozambique.
The climate programme of the Belgian Development Agency (ENABEL) has just received support from the Brussels-Capital and Walloon Regions, located in the west and south of Belgium respectively. Through financing agreements signed on 7 November 2022, these regions are allocating a total of 6 million euros to enable the agency to finance climate resilience projects in six countries, five of which are African.
The envelope released by Wallonia amounts to €2 million. It will support Enabel’s ‘Sahel’ thematic portfolio in Senegal and Burkina Faso. In these two West African countries, the projects concerned aim to restore, manage and sustainably develop forest ecosystems in the context of the Great Green Wall. The funding will also allow the installation of solar panels in the water analysis laboratories in Bujumbura, Burundi, where the Lake Tanganyika Management Authority is located.
Solar-powered desalination plant
The Brussels region will provide two million euros from 2023 to 2025 for the construction of flood protection infrastructure in the towns of Rubavu, Musanze and Rwamagana in Rwanda. These activities are part of the Belgian governmental cooperation project for sustainable and resilient urban development.
The Brussels-Capital Region will also allocate one million euros over the period from 2024 to 2026 to equip certain villages in Mozambique with a drinking water supply and desalination network powered by renewable energy. This project complements the Belgian government’s cooperation portfolio with Mozambique.
« The fight against climate change is the challenge of this century, and this requires new types of partnerships for greater impact. I am delighted that the Walloon and Brussels regions are joining forces with the federal level to strengthen the climate projects implemented by Enabel in various countries. This strengthens our collective impact », explains Jean Van Wetter, Enabel’s managing director.
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AFRICA: ENABEL receives €5m to finance climate resilient projects
The Belgian Development Agency (ENABEL) has just signed financing agreements with the Brussels-Capital Region and the Walloon Region. Of the €6 million defined by the agreements, €5 million is intended for the complementary financing of climate resilience projects in Burkina Faso, Senegal, Burundi, Rwanda and Mozambique.
Le Secrétariat de la commission des forêts d’Afrique centrale (Comifac) devra accompagner les pays de sa zone dans la mobilisation des financements pour l’appropriation et la mise en œuvre de leurs Contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN) révisées. C’est l’une des recommandations de l’Atelier sous régional de préparation des échéances futures sous la Convention Cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (COP27), qui s’est tenu du 22 au 24 octobre 2022, à Douala au Cameroun.
Dans le cadre du Groupe de Travail de la Comifac sur les Changements Climatiques (GTCCC), Il a été organisé par le Secrétariat Exécutif de la Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (Comifac) avec le soutien du Projet GIZ « Appui régional à la Comifac », un atelier sous régional de préparation des échéances futures sous la Convention Cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, du 22 au 24 octobre 2022, à Douala au Cameroun.
Cet atelier Il avait pour objectif global de s’approprier de la position commune et d’élaborer une Déclaration des pays de l’espace COMIFAC dans le cadre de leur participation à la 27e Conférence des Parties sous la CCNUCC (CdP27), sur les enjeux qui y seront discutés du 6 au 18 novembre 2022 à Sharm El-Sheikh en Égypte.
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COP27 : le Secrétariat de la Comifac accompagnera les pays de sa zone dans la mobilisation des financements nécessaires aux CDN
Le Secrétariat de la commission des forêts d’Afrique centrale (Comifac) devra accompagner les pays de sa zone dans la mobilisation des financements pour l’appropriation et la mise en œuvre de leurs Contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN) révisées. C’est l’une des recommandations de l’Atelier sous régional de préparation des échéances futures sous la Convention Cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (COP27), qui s’est tenu du 22 au 24 octobre 2022, à Douala au Cameroun.
On the side-lines of the African Peoples Counter COP which began on October 17, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation (CAPPA) will be launching a four-country report titled Impact of Climate Change on Frontline Communities in Africa: Case study of Nigeria, Cameroon, Togo, and South Africa.
The report will be unveiled at a session of the Counter COP titled Amplifying the Voices of Frontline Communities in Africa on Friday October 21, 2022, at 11am-1pm GMT.
Impacts of Climate Change in Frontline Communities in Africa documents the challenges faced by communities in Nigeria, Cameroon, Togo, and South Africa and captures their vulnerability to climate change. It captures the testimonials of local community people, especially women who bear the burdens of climate change but are not part of or considered relevant in the decision-making processes to address the crisis.
The report details climate impacts on Okun Alfa community, once a leisure resort in Lagos, Nigeria which is now at the mercy of the Atlantic’s raging waters. The plight of the Okun Alfa community is exacerbated by the Eko Atlantic City real estate project promoted by the state and the $19 billion Dangote Refinery owned by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man.
In northern Cameroon, the Kakou and Ouro Garga communities struggle with climate change induced drought which has led to a decrease in agricultural yields and disruption of the agricultural calendars that existed for generations. In the two communities the cost of food has skyrocketed, forcing families to contend with poverty and malnutrition.
In Togo, the Doevi Kope community, which had rich vegetation cover forests in the 1970S is now seriously threatened by coastal erosion and coastal flooding. The impacts are worsened by the activities of Bolloré Africa Logistics, the company that is currently constructing the Port of Lomé.
Eldorado and Katlehong communities in South Africa contend with incessant exposure to drought and heat waves that is now adversely affecting farming and leaving young people unemployed, desperate, and vulnerable. The report also recommends holding Big Polluters accountable for the climate crisis as well as concrete recommendations to government, civil society, and other critical interventionist agencies.
The report was written by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, African Centre for Advocacy, Gender CC South Africa, and Centre for Environmental Justice Togo with support from Corporate Accountability.
To participate in the launch of the report on Impacts of Climate Change in Frontline Communities in Africa, register here:
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New report catalogues climate impacts on African communities
On the side-lines of the African Peoples Counter COP which began on October 17, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation (CAPPA) will be launching a four-country report titled Impact of Climate Change on Frontline Communities in Africa: Case study of Nigeria, Cameroon, Togo, and South Africa.
Africa has lost nearly 70% of its wildlife populations in about 50 years. This is one of the findings of the Living Planet Index, a reference tool published every two years by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The edition published on 13 October 2022 points to the growing link between biodiversity loss and global warming.
In Africa, the World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Index estimates the loss of wildlife at an average of 66% between 1970 and 2018. « One glaring example is Kahuzi Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the number of eastern lowland gorillas has declined by 80%, primarily through hunting, » says Alice Ruhweza, WWF’s Africa director.
The report, presented on 13 October 2022 at an international online press conference, states that the decline in wildlife is due to climate change, which comes third after the destruction of natural habitats and poaching. « Although it is the third factor, the role of climate change is increasing very fast, » warned Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF. He points to air, water and soil pollution, as well as the spread of invasive species by humans.
Intensifying conservation effortsOn a global scale, the report puts the level of wildlife loss over the last 50 years at 70%. To reverse the loss of biodiversity and mitigate climate change, the report calls for intensified conservation and restoration efforts, more sustainable food production and consumption and rapid decarbonisation of all economic sectors.
Published every two years, the Living Planet Index is WWF’s benchmark wildlife assessment tool. It comes just a few weeks before the fifteenth United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15) scheduled for December 2022 in Montreal, Canada. For WWF, governments must seize this final opportunity to adopt an ambitious global agreement capable of saving wildlife. An agreement similar to the one reached in Paris, France, in 2015 on climate change.
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AFRICA: Nearly 66% of wildlife has disappeared since 1970
Africa has lost nearly 70% of its wildlife populations in about 50 years. This is one of the findings of the Living Planet Index, a reference tool published every two years by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The edition published on 13 October 2022 points to the growing link between biodiversity loss and global warming.