Climate impacts in Karonga District The urban center of Karonga in Malawi is located in Northern Malawi on the low-lying North Rukuru River floodplain, and by the shore of Lake Malawi. Karonga often experiences extreme weather events such as droughts. Due to this, communities face daily challenges including unsafe drinking water, poor-quality sanitation, and associated health risks. The nature and …
This is not tax-payer money
Seen from the global south, the funding scenario that results from a fragmented global-policy arena is totally unfair. The Bangladeshi climate scholar Saleemul Huq discussed matters in a D+C/E+Z interview. In my reading, the Glasgow climate summit COP26 basically resulted in leaving it to market forces to put a check on global warming. The agreements made invite private-sector companies to …
Developed countries can’t get out of paying for climate impacts
On the last official day of the 26th UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland last year, over 150 countries representing more than five billion people put forward a proposal for the creation of the Glasgow Facility on Financing Loss and Damage to combat human-induced climate change as part of the final Glasgow Climate Pact. However, the text was later …
