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Climate crisis and cash crunch: 10 countries at breaking point by 2050
Asianet Newsable
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June 29, 2025
A new index from Columbia Climate School reveals the 10 most climate-vulnerable countries by 2050. Many face rising disaster risks and shrinking access to finance, trapping them in a cycle of crisis and recovery. A new index called the Climate...
New index reveals countries in the ‘red zone’ of climate vulnerability - including two in Europe
Euronews
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June 26, 2025
By Euronews Green Published on 26/06/2025 - 17:59 GMT+2 A new index has identified the countries most vulnerable to climate shocks. More than two billion people live in ‘red zone’ nations, where the risk of a major hazard or disaster is high...
Two European countries in ‘red zone’ of climate finance vulnerability
Euronews
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By Euronews Green Published on 26/06/2025 - 15:41 GMT+2 A new index has identified the countries most vulnerable to climate shocks. More than two billion people live in ‘red zone’ nations, where the risk of a major hazard or disaster is high...
Global Climate Risk Index Ranks 188 Countries by Vulnerability and Access to Finance
State of the Planet
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June 25, 2025
The Climate Finance Vulnerability Index ranks 188 countries according to both their vulnerability to hazards and their financial resilience. Researchers at the Columbia Climate School, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, have unveiled a...
New Index Ranks Vulnerabilities of 188 Nations to Climate Shocks
The Rockefeller Foundation
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June 25, 2025
Columbia Climate School identifies 65 ‘Red Zone’ nations across four separate climate scenarios. 43 nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, eight in Latin America and the Caribbean, six in Asia-Pacific, six in the Middle East, and two in Europe are most...
How Many Developing Countries Are Forging Paths to Climate Accountability at SB62
Inter Press Service
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June 25, 2025
Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Conferences, Featured, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Climate Change Ongoing negotiations at Bonn, Germany, during the ongoing SB62. Credit: UNFCCC SRINAGAR, Jun 25 2025...
President of EBID urges graduates to champion problem-solving innovation for Africa’s growth
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
The Chancellor of the Nobel International Business University (NiBS), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, has urged graduates to champion innovation and advance policies that not only address Africa’s most pressing challenges but also safeguard the...
Azerbaijan’s “Climate and Peace” diplomacy gains broad international support
Azertag
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June 18, 2025
Bonn, June 18, AZERTAC Within the framework of the 62nd Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies held in Bonn, a High-Level Panel: “Baku Hub Partnership – Advancing Peace-Positive Climate Action in Vulnerable Contexts” was organized by the COP29...
Cooperation: Senegalese fishermen can operate in Guinea-Bissau with complete peace of mind
Sene News
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June 18, 2025
The new protocol, signed between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, offers artisanal and industrial fishermen fishing opportunities in waters under Guinea-Bissau’s jurisdiction. It replaces the two-year protocol signed on February 1, 2022, which was...
Chinese Foreign Minister meets his counterparts from South Africa, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea-Bissau and other African countries
Friends of Socialist China
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June 18, 2025
Following his June 10 meetings, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his counterparts from South Africa, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and...
UN climate chief says crunch talks must deliver
The National News
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The UN climate chief has stressed the “world is watching” as 5,000 delegates gather in Germany for 10 days of crunch talks aimed at protecting the planet for future generations. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework...
PR in Spain to participate in UN conference to relaunch development aid
Ver Angola
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This will be the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) of the United Nations (UN), which will take place in Seville, Spain, until Thursday, ten years after the previous one, in Ethiopia, in 2015. The objective now is to...
Guinea-Bissau: Over 400 tonnes of plastic waste end up in the sea every year
Macau Business
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June 6, 2025
Guinea-Bissau produces 409 tonnes of plastic waste annually that ends up in the sea despite a law prohibiting the production and sale of plastic bags, according to the Guinean government and the United Nations. In a message also signed by the...
Guinea-Bissau President Embalo Concludes Visit By Planting Merbau Tree At Laman Perdana
Bernama
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June 5, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (Bernama) -- The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, concluded his three-day official visit to Malaysia by planting a Merbau tree at the Perdana Botanical Garden here today. Embalo and his delegation arrived at...
West Africa Economic Summit: Tinubu dispatches Odumegwu-Ojukwu as Special Envoy to Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ghana
The Sun Nigeria
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June 13, 2025
From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja As the Federal Government prepares for the forthcoming West Africa Economic Summit in Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has dispatched the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, as Special Envoy...
Guinea-Bissau keen to benefit from Azerbaijan’s energy experience
Azertag
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June 4, 2025
Baku, June 4, AZERTAC Parviz Shahbazov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, met with Viriato Luis Soares Cassama, Minister of Environment, Biodiversity and Climate Action of Guinea-Bissau. The meeting focused on Azerbaijan’s cross-border projects in...
Guinea-Bissau Minister: Cross-border partnerships is crucial in oil and gas sector
Azertag
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June 3, 2025
Baku, June 3, AZERTAC “Strengthening cross-border partnerships in the oil and gas sector is crucial—we are only at the early stages of this process,” said Guinea-Bissau’s Minister of Environment, Biodiversity, and Climate Action, Viriato Luís...
Guinea-Bissau calls on countries for international cooperation on climate change in Baku
APA
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The Republic of Guinea-Bissau has called for strong international cooperation in the field of climate change, APA-Economics reports. This call was made by Viriato Luís Soares Cassamá, Minister of Environment, Biodiversity, and Climate Actions of...
A Battle for Humane Consciousness in a War Against Truth: Exposing the Dark Arts of War
Dissident Voice
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June 30, 2025
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of...
UNOC opportunity for nations to ensure protection, sustainable use of ocean
The Hans India
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June 10, 2025
Nice (France): With five years left to meet the world's "30 by 30" conservation goal and an urgent need to improve the management of marine ecosystems, the underway 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) presents an opportunity for governments to make...