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The lack of a proper disaster mitigation strategy in Zimbabwe has contributed to Cyclone Idai's damage, with over 10,000 people affected and several dead. The country's Civil Protection Unit proved ineffective as it had already exhausted its meek budget on last year's cholera outbreak, leaving a gap in early warnings and coordinated evacuation plans.
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres calls on corporate leaders to 'act as a push factor' in addressing climate change...
Water experts say that establishing water as an agenda item in its own right in climate change negotiations will lead to a greater focus on developing policy, and attract more resources into the water sector through adaptation programs...
The chief climate negotiator for the EU and Poland, Tomasz Chruszczow, said, 'we want to see the board start as early as 2012.' The next step would be the composition of a board to run the fund, which is meant to help developing countries adapt to climate change...
The African Group at COP17 in Durban says that US500 billion to US600 billion is needed in order to finance its emissions reduction efforts and adaptation to climate change measures...
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