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Developing countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change are angry about a new text released at COP29 on Friday, which says developed countries must pay $250 billion a year until 2035 for climate action
CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

$250bn a year for climate action is too little, say developing countries

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’

  • Ozayr Patel
4 min read
A new draft for the long-term finance proposal for climate change, called the new collective quantified goal (NCQG), was released on Thursday morning at COP29. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

New draft for climate finance released at COP29, but lacks specifics

Least developed countries and small island nations will be prioritised but the finance proposal omits to say how much money will be provided

  • Ozayr Patel
3 min read
South African healthcare workers say the country’s regulations stop them from finding alternative, more climate-friendly ways of running hospitals and dealing with waste. (Canva)
ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION

Waste, food and power: How hospitals fuel climate change

Almost 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector. Rethinking how hospitals run can get this down. But healthcare workers say regulations stop them from…

  • Zano Kunene
  • Sipokazi Fokazi
5 min read
ABIY AHMED

AU mustn’t forget pledge to ‘silence the guns’

Climate change also has the potential to increase conflicts in Africa, as competition for scarce resources grows

  • Imogen Hooper
5 min read