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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

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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