All climate action is not equal. This is particularly true for climate diplomacy at a level of the UN, where people’s capacity to adjust to existing and future harm from climate change takes a back seat.
on global efforts to cut emissions shows that the combined efforts of 113 countries that have updated their commitments to stop climate change will reduce emissions by 12% by 2030.
At the front of the queue at these meetings is a great and important focus on stopping activities that are causing the climate emergency, by mega-industries in energy, farming and transport, some of whom will spend the next two-week negotiations lobbying governments to consider their interests before making any ambitious commitments to their own demise.
One such adaptation project is happening in the Mkuze River ecosystem. The project is focused on food security, restoring natural resources and giving the affected rural community access to the“Women are the primary drivers of subsistence agriculture in these rural communities. Our project aims to improve this in the face of climate change predictions by providing training
It includes “smarter cities” and green buildings; transforming transport, roads and food systems; water use; land use; as well as protecting wetlands and forests that absorb and break stormwater.
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