Africa MBPP Raises Alarm Over Carbon Market Talks At COP29
Baku, November 19, 2024 – The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) partners express deep concern regarding ongoing discussions surrounding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, particularly as it relates to carbon markets, at the COP29 United Nations climate talks happening now in Baku, Azerbaijan. On November 16, 2024, world governments concluded their work on […]
Africa MBPP Backs G77, China’s Call For Climate Finance Trillions, Tech Transfer
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 18 NOV 2024: At the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has thrown its weight behind a demand by developing countries led by G77 and China for improved and just climate finance reparation in the trillions from developed countries, and also urgent technology transfer and […]
Africa MBPP Kicks As 1773 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood COP29 Climate Talks
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 15 NOV 2024: The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition condemns the presence of no fewer than 1773 fossil fuel lobbyists at the ongoing COP29 summit in Baku, warning that it is a barrier to climate justice for communities most affected by the climate crisis caused by the Global North and corporate […]
Africa MBPP Coalition Denounces COP29 Ramming Through of Carbon Credits Standards
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN, 12 NOV 2024 – The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition denounces Monday’s attempt by the Cop presidency to the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku Azerbaijan to adopt a consensus on standards for the creation of carbon credits under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. The coalition notes that […]
AYETORO, THE SINKING COMMUNITY
Ayetoro built its own homes, schools, healthcare infrastructure, tourist facilities, industries and an agro-marine economy. Now, about 90 per cent of the once thriving coastal settlement is gone, submerged by rising sea waves amid the exploratory activities of oil multinationals, write ROBERT EGBE, OGUNLADE OLAMIDE, ZIKORA IBEH and NEIMA HELLEN Ayetoro had 45 streets. Now […]