Role of the EU in building global climate ambition

Dar es Salaam, 3 September 2015: Africa Climate Talks (ACT!) begins here today, (Thursday) to discuss the impacts and implications of climate change in Africa, and effective solutions.  The three-day discussions are part of Africa’s planning for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP21) where a new global climate agreement is the expected outcome at COP21 in Paris in December.

Under the theme, ‘Democratizing Global Climate Change...

Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) Secretary-General, Mr Mithika Mwenda (Left), moderate the discusion about the Civil Society and Climate governance (NDCs, Mitigation, Adaptation, Land use and forestry and more  in the conference in the African Climate Talk (ACT) meeting in the Bank of Tanzania Conference Hall discus policy make and more. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Yesterday, September 5.2015. ( All Photos by Andrew Chale, modewjiblog)

Eric Onduru from UMANDE Trust present the...

Two weeks ago in my article titled “In the Creation of a Good Society,” in the introductory part of it I summarised some thinking and propositions from various political, economic and moral philosophers and thinkers, from both ends of the spectrum, as they opined what entails a good society, especially as is defined by value that characterises such a society.

A scenic view of the Indian Ocean [Image credit: IOO Images]

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[Munich, Germany]. The ocean is a large reservoir of dissolved organic molecules, and many of these molecules are stable against microbial utilization for hundreds to thousands of years. They contain a similar amount of carbon as compared to carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.

Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the...

As the world’s reserve currency, the dollar gives Washington a powerful influence over global financial markets -- a point underlined again this week when a record fine was levelled against France’s leading bank.

Berlin. The 6th Petersberg Dialogue, an informal meeting of ministers and representatives from 35 countries in preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, opened here yesterday.

Dr. Agnes Kijazi, Director General of Tanzania Meteorological Agency, on a group photo during official opening of the scientific training in climate modelling, 29th June to 3rd July 2015, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.Dr. Agnes Kijazi, Director General of Tanzania Meteorological Agency and guest of honor presenting her speech during an official opening of the scientific training in climate modelling, 29thJune to 3rd July 2015, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.Training facilitator from UK Met David Hein...

Threshold. A word I did not quite know, until very recently.I kept hearing politicians saying threshold, threshold, threshold. Threshold this, threshold that.

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