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The meeting was officially opened by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Djibouti, Rt. Hon. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, who stressed the need for “concerted and synergized efforts to minimize the negative impacts of climate change.”
As the international community prepares for the pivotal 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Belém, Brazil, a powerful message of unity and non-negotiable demands has emerged from the African continent.
The moment President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) was plunged into pitch-black darkness at the new, grand Parliament Building on Tuesday 28 October 2025, it became the most public display of Zimbabwe’s persistent power crisis.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is more than just Europe’s largest atomic facility; it is a live wire threatening the safety of the entire continent.
The story of James Hansen is inseparable from his 1988 Congressional testimony. As the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, he appeared before the U.S. Senate and declared with “99% confidence” that the Earth was already getting warmer and that human-caused greenhouse gases were the cause.
The economic fallout is severe. African countries are losing between 2-5% of their GDP and redirecting up to 9% of their national budgets toward climate-related responses.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – The 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands officially opened in Victoria Falls on July 24, 2025, with a powerful call to action from His Excellency, Dr. E. D. Mnangagwa, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and current SADC Chairperson.
Victoria Falls – The 15th Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands officially opened on Wednesday, bringing together representatives from 172 member states.
A report adopted by PAP’s Permanent Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs on July 23, 2025, during the ongoing 5th Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament, highlights the urgent need for a more proactive and influential African presence at future Conferences of Parties (COPs).
This meteorological capriciousness is not merely a quirk of its geographical position but a direct consequence of a colossal oceanic dance: the interplay between the warm Indian Ocean currents and the cold fronts sweeping in from the Atlantic.
