How global commitments, financing, and innovation at COP30 are shaping the future of clean cooking across Africa When COP30 concluded in Belém, Brazil this week, global headlines focused on...
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When COP30 drew to a close yesterday in Belém, Brazil, it was not just another multilateral ceremony. It was a moment for African leaders and negotiators to insist their...
Across Africa, millions of families start their day over smoky stoves. Women and children breathe invisible clouds of toxic fumes while forests shrink, black carbon rises into the atmosphere,...
Belém, Brazil – 11 November 2025 On the second day of COP30, Africa’s voice rang clear and resolute. At the heart of its message was a simple but powerful...
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COP30 OPENS WITH CALLS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE AS AFRICA’S VOICE ECHOES GLOBAL DEMANDS FOR ACTION
Belém, Brazil | November 10, 2025 As COP30 opened in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, the world’s leaders confronted a sobering truth – the planet is off track...
THE world prepares for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, opening on November 10, 2025. In a special way, Africa faces a defining test. With recurrent droughts, floods, and food insecurity...
As Tanzania leads Africa’s united climate agenda toward COP30 in Brazil, history offers both inspiration and warning. From the Great Green Wall to the African Renewable Energy Initiative, past...
FOR generations, the kitchen fire in Tanzania was seen as a woman’s domain – a smoky corner where men rarely lingered. But as the nation turns toward clean cooking...
WHEN the sun rises over Rutenge village in Kamachumu ward, Kagera, the first smoke curls from the kitchen of Paskazia Muk’omukama, a 67-year-old mother and grandmother. The smell of...
ACROSS Africa, the simple act of cooking a meal carries hidden costs. In millions of homes, families rely on firewood, charcoal, or kerosene stoves, filling kitchens with smoke that...