Thirty leaders from the continent met in Ethiopia to discuss a project to give 300 million people access to electricity
This conference has shown how developed countries want to shirk their climate finance responsibilities to vulnerable countries, say leaders of least developed nations
The final draft text for COP29 shows there has been limited progress made on funding, a failure given that this was meant to be the ‘finance COP’
Least developed countries and small island nations will be prioritised but the finance proposal omits to say how much money will be provided
Dion George is tackling resistance to mitigation and climate finance with just days left at the conference
Pro-Palestine groups at the COP29 conference are arguing that there is a clear link between climate rights and human rights
The continent must also ignore the dangled carrot of small bits of money for carbon forests or just transitions, said Fadhel Kaboub, a senior adviser at Power Shift Africa
Athletes have not been spared the impact of climate change, with high temperatures, pollution, weather events and dirty water affecting performance
There is an air of impatience as talks on finance hit a stalemate
The final countdown to lowering carbon emissions has started, the UN chief said, highlighting three steps that urgently need to be taken