Funding access hurdles have been singled out as acting as a stumbling block on Africa path to green transition and inclusive economic development of the continent that got to devise ways to plug growing energy, transport and IT infrastructure gaps.
Chido Mpemba spoke about the need to not only attend to youth concerns in the climate debate, but to also involve them in decision making at all levels within the continent and beyond.
Top on the list is the demand that migration be recognized as an adaptation strategy and coping mechanism for youth in climate policies, finance and governance structures going forward.
Ghislain Irakoze believes technology can be leveraged to avert tons of harmful greenhouse gas emissions associated with dumping of e-waste generated daily.
Young people decry that they struggle to be accepted as actors who are coming up with ideas that can change situations, offer solutions and whose voice must be heard.
Rwanda is in the group of climate vulnerable countries (V20 Group) that joined the so called Global Shield Against Climate Risks, a financial cooperation initiative supported by G7 countries including Germany to rally support to respond to climate-related damages.
Experts say climate vulnerable African nations need at least $1.3 trillion on annual basis if they are keep its fossil fuel in the ground and address energy poverty.
Recent studies point to escalation of droughts, floods, extreme storms or wildfires, among others that threaten food security and livelihoods of millions of people across resource-poor countries.
We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand
Indomie instant noodles were first recalled from the Egyptian Market on May 3. The country’s Food and Safety Authority (FSA) found the products to have “aflatoxins and pesticides residues in quantities that exceeded safe limits.”
This is the third alert by the Food and Drugs Authority within barely two weeks. On May 4, the agency recalled several batches of India-made Amoxicillin and Metronidazole, the drugs used to treat infections, after they failed quality control tests.
