UN launches fund to foster cheaper loans, green development for Africa
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters The United Nations on Wednesday launched a new finance mechanism aimed at saving African governments $US11 billion in borrowing costs in the next five years, while fostering greener investments and sustainable development. The UN Economic Commission for Africa launched the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility at COP26, the global climate conference underway in […]
Religion and climate: US faith groups increasingly join fight against climate change
LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI, of Associated Press, report on how faith groups, including Christians, are increasingly becoming involved in the fight to address climate change…
Country by country, scientists eye beginning of an end to the COVID-19 pandemic
Chicago, USReuters As the devastating Delta variant surge eases in many regions of the world, scientists are charting when, and where, COVID-19 will transition to an endemic disease in 2022 and beyond, according to Reuters interviews with over a dozen leading disease experts. They expect that the first countries to emerge from the pandemic will […]
Essay: Climate change is a justice issue – these six charts show why
In an article published on The Conversation, US academic SONJA KLINSKY, uses a series of graphics to show why addressing climate change is an issue of justice…