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COP28: Rich nations accused of flip-flopping on adaptation finance

Words to action: Developing nations want the rich world to put its money where its mouth is PIC: AFP
Words to action: Developing nations want the rich world to put its money where its mouth is PIC: AFP

DUBAI: Prolonged dry spells and heatwaves will intensify crop failure, put grazing land for both livestock and wild animals under severe stress, as well as drastically compromise water supply.

While locally, the period 2014-2016 will be remembered as the worst of the unforgiving El Niño phenomenon, even, drying up Gaborone Dam, scientists have dubbed 2023 “the warmest year in recorded history”. Furthermore, a SADC report released early this year has warned that the 2023-2024 season will be severely dry.

It is against this backdrop that adaptation was the best entry point for Botswana in the ongoing

Editor's Comment
Tana project a welcome development

Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...

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