African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding

African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

3 months ago·United States

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African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding

African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopi...

3 months ago·United States

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African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from extreme weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital. The “debt-for-climate swap” option is an economic tool that allows a country’s debt to be reduced in exchange for comm…

3 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from extreme weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital. The “debt-for-climate swap” option is an economic tool that allows a country’s debt to be reduced in exchange for comm…

3 months ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) -- African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from extreme weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital.

3 months ago·Canada

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