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About 70% of the 80 billion animals raised annually for consumption are confined to factory farms, which account for at least 11% of global emissions. (Tesson/Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION ORGANISATION

Factory farming is making the climate crisis worse, report finds

About 70% of the 80 billion animals raised annually for consumption are confined to factory farms, which account for at least 11% of global emissions, it says This content is…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
Kenyan President William Ruto holds a press conference with the attendance of participating country leaders within the 1st Africa Climate Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Center in Nairobi, Kenya on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Kasuku/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
AFRICA CLIMATE SUMMIT

How Africa weathers the climate storm

To avert complete climate catastrophe, African countries need at least $277 billion per year in additional climate finance

  • Lydia Namubiru, The Continent
4 min read
Promises: African negotiators met in Cape Verde to demand that money pledged in 2009 is paid at COP26. (John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images)
AFRICAN GROUP OF NEGOTIATORS

Africa’s big adaptation ask at COP26

Africa causes just 4% of global emissions, but pays the price of them. With what money?

  • Sophie Mbugua
3 min read
Without action “there will be no tomorrow”, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTU

Environmental destruction is the human rights challenge of our time: Archbishop Tutu

World leaders must choose between life or death for humanity, say climate justice activists at 10th Desmond Tutu international peace lecture

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read