Dorcus Akurut

Adaptation Finance and Resilience  The Climate crisis dramatic effects are being felt all around the world, but more  acutely in Africa. Rising temperatures, unpredictable weather patterns and natural disasters are affecting the continents ability to develop and thrive. The African Development Bank reports that between the period of 2010 and 2020, Africa’s gross public debt

Africa’s Route to Climate Adaptation  Climate change threatens to push millions of Africans into dire Poverty by 2030 and unravel hard earned development gains. Since 1970, Africa has experienced more than 2000 natural disasters , with just under half taking place in the last decade. These have resulted in repetitive food and water insecurity in the marginalized

Escalation of Climate change has specifically posed a significant threat to humanity. Its compounding impacts are such a hindrance to any efforts put together to meet the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) amongst the African people.  These have also considerably contributed to exacerbating rates of poverty, regional conflicts, and human displacement, with aggravated vulnerability and despair in the continent.

Climate change poses significant risks to the global community, with its physical effects causing substantial economic losses. Africa as a continent is disproportionately affected by the global temperature rise and is projected to experience escalating physical climate risks including: drought, desertification and increasing cyclones, which have resulted in displacement, migration and food crises in the region.

A landmark climate summit has kicked off in Kenya capital as of yesterday 4th of September, 2023. There are more than 30,000 delegates and over 40 African heads of state in Nairobi for a 3 day summit. We stand together as African activists to emphasize that climate change must cease to be a huge obstacle to the development of

Last week was a major milestone in the history of climate change action in the African continent. The African climate summit did run simultaneously with the African Climate week in Nairobi, the Republic of Kenya. The week was action-packed and demonstrated our determination as African people, to be the global leader in climate action. The event was highly epic,

The climate crisis is a threat multiplier that’s already worsening global poverty, undermining food systems, and exposing people to deadly extreme weather events. Last week we joined people around the world in the Global Climate Strike and were part of a movement calling on world and business leaders to take urgent and widespread action to stop funding

The New York Climate(NYC) Week was yet another efficacious climate event. It was held from the period of 17th to 24th of September, running in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly. It’s one of the largest annual climate global events that brings together more than 400 activities across the city of New York. This year it