Changes in funding show how precarious Africa is in its reliance on foreign aid and the pressing need to find alternatives to ensure economic and climate resilience
A strong presidency would establish mechanisms for accountability, ensuring that promises made during G20 summits translate into measurable progress
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
There is an air of impatience as talks on finance hit a stalemate
South Africa and other developing nations are pushing for a $1 trillion climate finance target
LCOY 2024 aimed to provide youth aged 14 to 25 with the tools and knowledge to participate in climate policy and STEM-based solutions actively
With just 62 wardens to cover some 14,000 hectares, it’s an arduous game of cat and mouse
A cyclone, or a hurricane, can knock a small or at-risk country off its growth trajectory for years, if not decades
It was business as usual at the talks: protests, visa troubles and little commitment to climate finance
Why do fossil fuels have a voice and space at the Conference of the Parties in Dubai?
There will be some crucial talking points for the climate crisis at this year’s event
The carbon market: a potential planet saver or greenwashing that gives polluting companies an opportunity to evade reducing their emissions?
The first Africa Climate Summit is in full spring; Mohamed Adow of think-tank Power Shift says the continent must be part of the solution to a just transition
Adaptation and climate finance will take centre stage at next week’s summit with the theme ‘driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world’
The climate-vulnerable island of Barbados has come up with an initiative to do this very thing
Wealthy countries must step up and make sure that their pledges to developing countries are met, says COP28 president
The US has committed to aiding the continent in adapting to cleaner, renewable energy sources
Climate funding shortfalls are exacerbating hardships faced by Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States
While COP27 saw some major milestones achieved, there were also worrying breaches in commitments to tackle the real sources of climate change
Government forges ahead with corporate-sponsored climate deals without relevant input
Climate change diplomacy is a game of give and take — and it would appear that the environment and humanity will have to keep on giving
Developing nations are calling for the countries most responsible for climate change to pay for loss and damage
There is no time to stall. Those responsible for the climate crisis must act now
But some see carbon credits as a false solution because companies will use the system to avoid cutting their carbon emissions
The world must use the United Nations Climate Change Conference to inspire an approach to mitigation and adaptation that is based on trust, justice and equity
Disagreements as civil society groups say they are not getting a meaningful role in the process, while would-be recipients queue up for the money
Mminele, who last year stepped down as Absa chief executive, will head the newly established Presidential Climate Finance Task Team
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
The Glasgow Climate Pact called for the removal of ‘inefficient’ fossil fuel subsidies, but a commitment to remove all fossil fuel subsidies is needed
The delay in additional capacity to the grid was not caused by a lack of private capital, but a lack of projects
South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel
Local climate activists say transparency and accountability are crucial as they await further details on the deal