Summary of the Entire Image: Every year, leaders across the globe gather at COP summits, sign agreements, and make lofty net-zero commitments, with emissions continuing to rise every year. Not that they do not care about climate change. The issue is that climate Policies are created from faulty data, slow analysis and weak feedback loops. […]
In June 2023, a fishing village was razed by a cyclone off the coast of Mozambique, and the carbon credits, the Just Transition Fund, and the commitment to become carbon neutral for these villages were unheard of before. But the world’s reaction to their plight was almost exclusively expressed in the terms of Geneva/Brussels/Washington-based frameworks. […]
Over the last 30 years, climate policy has been based on some assumptions. Policymakers set targets using incomplete emissions data, limited projections and a healthy dose of diplomatic optimism. The rationale was that if they were not precise, they could become so through ambition. It rarely did. With the SDGs and the pledges under the […]
We tend to be surrounded by numbers and statistics on carbon trajectories, rising sea level, and the current innovations in renewable energy sources. Nevertheless, the more I read about climate change, especially in the African setting, particularly in Nigeria, the more I am persuaded of a serious reality: climate change might be the main concern, […]
Introduction The Mano River Union (MRU), includes Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, has always been tagged to some hard security issues along the borders, like the civil wars and resource conflicts. But now things are getting a bit more sophisticated. Instability is creeping up around borders, especially in a place called Yenga, a small village […]
Reston Dennis Juah 
Noor Ul Ain 
Hassan Barrie 
Hoby Nasandratra Andriamiandrisoa 