Much has been made about the $8.5 billion pledged to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition
No ‘credible pathway’ in place to limit warming to 1.5°C
Civil society and affected people must be involved in the development of an investment plan and in discussions with international partners
Negotiators are concerned that 80% of the money promised by the UK, US, Germany, France and the European Union is in the form of high interest loans
Researchers say South Africa needs a ‘deep just transition’ that goes beyond moving to renewable energy
The event is a chance for African countries to embrace national interests in climate-change mitigation actions and socio-economic development.
South Africa must reject green capitalism and develop a public pathway to energy security
The truth is that our carbon tax is way too low to act as a real deterrent
To force a climate breakthrough, leaders must listen to and promote the stories of young people
A new study has found a lack of co-ordinated policy response to these interconnected issues
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’
Mminele, who last year stepped down as Absa chief executive, will head the newly established Presidential Climate Finance Task Team
The connections between health, climate change, declining public trust and democratic legitimacy, and geopolitical instability must be recognised
Evidence suggests that green lending to reduce developing countries’ CO2 emissions displays all the pathologies associated with financial manias.
The climate crisis will hit Africa hard. The Covid-19 crisis has shown that African states can’t rely on the Global North to do the right thing. Nevertheless, there are signs that all is not lost
The activist who forced her way onto front pages: Initially cropped out and sidelined, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has now become an essential voice for Africa on the world stage.
A new study shows the past 20 years of forest regeneration and reforestation efforts globally have contributed to the restoration of carbon sinks
Chief executives have begun to recognise the importance of sustainability, but we urgently need climate science-aligned policies that provide a new framework for business
Shell’s 3D seismic survey is set to begin on Wednesday. But a high court application brought by rights groups to block it will be heard as an urgent matter on Tuesday
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
Environmental organisations say that COP26 ended with 90 new coal power projects, worth a total of 88GW, are likely to be cancelled
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
Scores of countries at the UN climate talks accepted the COP26 pact reluctantly, condemning a last-minute meeting that led to a slightly different wording
The last days of COP26 have been marred by backtracking and what human and environmental rights watchdogs are calling ‘weak texts’
Energy ministers on the continent should be discussing solutions to the climate crisis and a just transition instead
A marine conservation funding facility wants carbon trading to finance restoration and protection of the oceans and marine biodiversity
We were warned at least 65 years ago but have only now started to talk about the climate crisis
With funding we can turn an existential code red into a prosperous code green
The bank asked the African Climate Reality Project to coordinate and present a position statement on energy, agriculture, forestry, land and ecosystems and climate finance but cancelled the presentation at the last minute
As long as agribusinesses and global financial institutions continued to fuel and make money from global deforestation these carbon sinks will continue to be razed
While Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions are far lower in the global context, the continent is the most vulnerable to climate change effects due to its lack of financial, human, and technical resources