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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 12: Protesters move through restricted Blue Zone area of COP26 climate summit on November 12, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. As World Leaders meet to discuss climate change at the COP26 Summit, many climate action groups have taken to the streets to protest for real progress to be made by governments to reduce carbon emissions, clean up the oceans, reduce fossil fuel use and other issues relating to global heating. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA

As climate talks hit the final stretch, some countries seek to water down commitments

The last days of COP26 have been marred by backtracking and what human and environmental rights watchdogs are calling ‘weak texts’

  • Tunicia Phillips
7 min read
Disproportionate suffering: A girl climbs a baobab tree in Malamawa village, in Niger. The climate has long been inhospitable, but now rising temperatures have caused prolonged drought, exacerbating food shortages, prompting migration and contributing to instability. Photo: Luis Tato/FAO/AFP
AFRICA

The West owes Africa $100bn (at least) for climate recovery

In fewer than three days, a US citizen emits as much carbon as a person from Chad or Niger does in one year. Such is the asymmetry in culpability for climate change.

  • Chukwumerije Okereke
8 min read