Africa Climate Summit

Africa's first climate summit kicked off in the Kenyan capital on Monday with delegates aiming to forge a common position ahead of upcoming global conferences and discussing how to fund the continent's environmental priorities.

The European Union on Wednesday said it would dedicate more than $1 billion in climate funding to help countries in Africa boost their resilience in the face of the accelerating impact of global warming.

The BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa - today resolved to facilitate movement and exchange of students and faculty in each other's institutions especially in areas like energy, climate change, water resources and economy.

Pope Francis won a rapturous welcome today as he visited a congested Kenyan slum to convey a message of solidarity with the poor and underprivileged, a highlight of his three-nation Africa tour.

India today announced a concessional credit of USD 10 billion to Africa in the next five years and a grant assistance of USD 600 million as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly asked the continent to speak in "one voice" with it in pushing for UN Security Council reform and combating climate change and threat of terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited African countries to join an alliance of solar-rich nations that he would announce on November 30 at crucial climate Summit in Paris and asserted that "excess of few cannot become the burden of many".

India and Africa must speak in one voice on global affairs, including reform of the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, pitching for a broad alliance on international issues including climate change.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for cooperation on climate change with Africa while addressing the India-Africa Forum Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Berlin on Sunday for an overnight stopover on his way to Brazil for a summit meeting of the BRICS nations that will address regional crises and security threats to restore a climate of peace while advancing global economic stability.

The UN climate change conference opened in South Africa on Monday amid serious differences between developed and developing countries over a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol that has dampened hopes for reaching binding agreements during arduous 12-day parleys.

With time running out at Copenhagen, India and its basic partners -- Brazil, South Africa and China -- have been burning the midnight oil to deal with the emerging situation.

Amid raging controversy over leaked draft by the Danish government, emerging economies like India, China, Brazil and South Africa came up with a counter draft.

Africa's first climate summit kicked off in the Kenyan capital on Monday with delegates aiming to forge a common position ahead of upcoming global conferences and discussing how to fund the continent's environmental priorities.

The European Union on Wednesday said it would dedicate more than $1 billion in climate funding to help countries in Africa boost their resilience in the face of the accelerating impact of global warming.

The BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa - today resolved to facilitate movement and exchange of students and faculty in each other's institutions especially in areas like energy, climate change, water resources and economy.

Pope Francis won a rapturous welcome today as he visited a congested Kenyan slum to convey a message of solidarity with the poor and underprivileged, a highlight of his three-nation Africa tour.

India today announced a concessional credit of USD 10 billion to Africa in the next five years and a grant assistance of USD 600 million as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly asked the continent to speak in "one voice" with it in pushing for UN Security Council reform and combating climate change and threat of terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited African countries to join an alliance of solar-rich nations that he would announce on November 30 at crucial climate Summit in Paris and asserted that "excess of few cannot become the burden of many".

India and Africa must speak in one voice on global affairs, including reform of the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, pitching for a broad alliance on international issues including climate change.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for cooperation on climate change with Africa while addressing the India-Africa Forum Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Berlin on Sunday for an overnight stopover on his way to Brazil for a summit meeting of the BRICS nations that will address regional crises and security threats to restore a climate of peace while advancing global economic stability.

The UN climate change conference opened in South Africa on Monday amid serious differences between developed and developing countries over a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol that has dampened hopes for reaching binding agreements during arduous 12-day parleys.

With time running out at Copenhagen, India and its basic partners -- Brazil, South Africa and China -- have been burning the midnight oil to deal with the emerging situation.

Amid raging controversy over leaked draft by the Danish government, emerging economies like India, China, Brazil and South Africa came up with a counter draft.