Green climate help for poor nations needed

As the largest pot of climate funding available to developing countries, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) holds huge promise. As it enters into operation, national institutions, including government, can apply to access GCF’s resources ‘directly’. But the rigorous accreditation process appears a barrier to many, which coupled with unclear benefits is likely to undermine the zeal for direct access in developing countries. But experiences from another key climate fund, the Adaptation Fund, show...

The aim is to help them deal with the pandemic, but campaigners say more assistance is needed.

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>While to a broad section of the population a question on poverty remains a big puzzle, some people have attributed the situation to poor planning, mismanagement and grand corruption. Even President Jakaya Kikwete himself was once quoted in an interview with a French newspaper in Paris as saying he was equally baffled by the reasons behind the country’s state of abject poverty.

Tree by tree, more than a dozen African governments pledged to restore the continent's natural forests at the United Nations climate talks on Sunday.

 Developing nations accused rich ones Monday of sidelining their interests at crunch climate talks, as the UN chief and France's president beat the drum for an ambitious global deal.

Developed nations asked to honour climate change pledges.
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Developed countries have been asked to implement climate change funding pledges in order to allow poor nations to fight its impacts. Speaking to reporters ahead of the third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD), the Coordinator ...

Brazil is willing to help Tanzania’s green revolution initiatives.

Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural sector needs to harvest the fruits of biotechnology in order to establish sustainable development, says a Chatham House report.