In the course of my career, God has been kind to me. I remember when I’d go to “bend-down-select markets” to buy clothes that I will wash and starch to style people on movie sets while praying and waiting to be casted in movie roles, to today where I can now shop globally for

#StopGalamseyNow

Norway is the first country who decided to open up its seafloor to deep sea mining. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the proposed mining area is in the Arctic! Join us and AURORA to stop deep sea mining! Email the Norwegian PM >> act.gp/3YFGtsf #StopDeepSeaMining

BREAKING: Power Shift Africa Director and Founder Mohamed Adow responds to the recently released NCQG text, calling it a blank cheque and asking developed countries to put actual figures to the goal. 🧵 #COP29Azerbaijan #NCQG #ClimateFinance

In response to the new text from COP29: "The new text rightly diagnoses the climate problem, including the required finance for adaptation and energy transition, but glaringly omits what the rich countries will actually provide to developing countries. "The elephant in the

The least developed countries and island states - the moral voices of climate justice - have walked out of the talks as they refuse to be associated with a text that will undermine climate action for the next decade #NoDealIsBetterThanABadDeal

#NodealIsbetterthanabaddeal.

Very well deserved, Sir. Congratulations 🎉 👏🏾

1. I have been reluctant to discuss the ongoing US Aid Freeze and the dismantling of USAID despite many tempting offers all over WhatsApp. 2. I worry about coming across as trying to intellectualise a situation that for many millions involves real life and death stakes. 3. On

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How do I spare myself this week from a nation that specializes in passing and interpreting corruption laws on the streets and airwaves, while caring very little about how state funds are actually spent? If public money wasn’t constantly missing, no one would be interested, or

Climate Adaptation Conversations From Africa Africa’s adaptation champions wrapped up a powerful 3rd #PACAR workshop in Johannesburg! From uniting voices to humanising adaptation, stakeholders set key priorities to shape Africa’s agenda ahead of #SB62 and #COP30 in Brazil.

Absolutely!

Patience Agyekum (.Strategic Youth Network For Development(SYND) ): “We can expect debates around the inclusion of means of implementation indicators in the broader indicator framework to be highly contested, as they imply assigning responsibility to the Global North. At SB62, what will truly matter is how

📢 VOTE NOW! SYND is shortlisted to be 🇬🇭 Ghana’s YAN Africa Focal Point for the Global Center on Adaptation! 🗳 1. Vote here: bit.ly/VoteSYND 2. Select Ghana, 3. Choose Option 4, and submit! Let’s back youth-led climate action! ✊🌱 #YOUTH4ADAPTATION

1/7 We wrapped up Phase 2 of the Community Adaptation Connect tour in the district that houses the treasured Akosombo Hydroelectric Dam - Asuogyaman District Assembly in the Eastern Region. #YouthInAdaptation #ClimateAction #SYND

Why Africa Is Demanding Formal Recognition at #COP30 Africa is the most climate-impacted region in the world, yet it still has no formal recognition under the UNFCCC, unlike LDCs and SIDS. This is a political erasure.  Africa’s climate vulnerability is structural:  🟩 Highest

PSA Campaigner Karabo Mokgonyana (She/Her) was among the speakers at the Belém Action Mechanism event organised by various CSOs in Belém, Brazil. Her message was clear: "We are here for negotiations, but certain things are not negotiable. Social protection for workers, livelihoods of

We attended a roundtable on Agroecology for climate action organised by AFSA where speakers shared their experiences from the ground and why it must sit at the heart of Africa’s climate response. Speakers drawn from Uganda, Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria stressed the need

Adaptation was supposed to be the heart of COP30. Instead, it became one of its biggest disappointments. Three weeks before delegates landed in Belém, the COP Presidency promised a summit that would finally elevate adaptation to where it belongs: central to survival, central to