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COP30 unveils transformational global climate action agenda outcomes for stronger economies, better lives and jobs in Belém

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UN Secretary General António Guterres addressing a press conference at COP30. PHOTO/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The Outcomes Report on the Global Climate Action Agenda was released on Friday at COP30 in Belém, offering a comprehensive overview of groundbreaking progress on real-world climate actions that will accelerate the global transition to a sustainable, low-carbon future. The…

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Africa: What’s At Stake in the COP30 Negotiations?

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As climate talks in Belém enter their final stretch, negotiators are working on three fronts: technical details, ministerial consultations, and Presidency-led discussions. Behind the jargon and complex frameworks lie fundamental choices for more than 190 countries – choices that could shape how the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, is turned into real-world action. In practical…

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Africa: ‘The World Is Watching’ – Guterres and Lula Urge Unity As COP30 Talks Near Deadline

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With the clock ticking on climate negotiations in Belém, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, speaking separately, delivered a united message: the world is watching, and compromise cannot wait. Amid reports of deadlocks on fossil fuels, climate finance and other key issues, both leaders urged negotiators to act decisively…

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Africa: Fire Outbreak Halts Climate Negotiation Activities At COP30 in Brazil

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A fire outbreak on Thursday has disrupted activities at the Blue zone axis of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, forcing the temporary closure of the Blue Zone where formal negotiations are taking place. Organisers said emergency responders swiftly evacuated delegates and contained the blaze within minutes. In a joint…

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Africa: Will COP30 Put Africa’s Smallholders At the Centre of Climate Action?

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On a road in Kenya’s Makueni County, a woman loads sacks of pigeon pea onto a motorbike. Her landscape is rehabilitated, soils restored, seeds climate-resilient, markets ready, and a weather alert on her phone shows when it will rain. Each element exists because financing, science, extension servicesand markets worked together. It shows what COP30 can…

Opinion | Can the world rise to the challenge by President Lula’s bold climate vision at COP30?

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Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (right) at COP30. PHOTO/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] On Wednesday, at COP30 in Belém, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a stirring speech that called on world leaders to take urgent, decisive action against climate change. His message was unequivocal: the global community must do more,…

COP30: Simon Stiell urges accelerated climate action as world faces growing crisis

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UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell / PHOTO/UN Climate Change/ Diego Herculano. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] In a compelling speech at the high-level closing event of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called for urgent and transformative action on climate change, emphasising that the time for delay is over….

COP30: Brazil’s President demands urgent climate action from world leaders at Belém summit

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva when he spoke at (COP30), in Belém, Brazil on Wednesday. PHOTO/Ricardo Stuckert/Secom-PR. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] In a powerful speech at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) held in Belém on Wednesday, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a clarion call for global action to combat climate…

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Africa’s Youth Aren’t Copping Out: Neither Should COP30

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Just after sunrise, long before offices open or policy meetings begin, you will find young Africans already at work in the fields, markets, and improvised tech hubs that power our food systems. Different countries, different landscapes, but the same pulse: young people taking on the reigns to engineer the change they want to see. This…

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Africa: Jospong Group, UN University Seal Green Deal At COP30

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The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) and the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bridge the gap between climate ambition and tangible action in Africa. Signed on Monday on the sidelines of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the agreement aims to fuse Jospong Group’s…