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Vulnerable village: The residents of the Scotland informal settlement in Tlhabologang, near Coligny in North West, like many other villages on the continent, is at risk from the climate crisis. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
CARBON BRIEF

COP26 touted to resolve long standing issues on climate debt

Only 16% of losses in South Africa from weather-related disasters in the past four decades were covered by insurers, leaving governments and communities unable to build back

  • Tunicia Phillips
3 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
ANDRE DE RUYTER

Ramaphosa’s panel calls for end to coal, but who’ll fund it?

Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up

  • Richard Calland
8 min read
The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters . (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
ADAPTATION FINANCE

Critical climate change talks raise the pressure for COP26

The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters

  • Tunicia Phillips
4 min read