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Emissions are still climbing. In 2024, global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.3%, reaching 57.7 gigatons of CO₂ equivalent — a faster rate of growth than in 2023 and more than four times the annual average of the 2010s.

Off target: Unep warns that the world is still falling short of the Paris climate goals

A decade after the Paris Agreement united countries behind the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C, the latest Emissions Gap report from the United Nations…

Since the end of World War II, the world has witnessed numerous financial crises stemming from the unique nature of sovereign borrowing. (Getty)

Rising debt challenges divide developed and developing economies

An international framework that prevents prolonged restructuring negotiations is required

Pay up: Activists dressed as debt collectors hold cutouts of the leaders of Italy, the UK, the US, Australia and Canada during a protest in front of the IMF headquarters to ask rich nations to keep their promise to support developing countries to tackle climate change. Photo: Pedro Ugarte/AFP

Private climate funding is the next finance bubble

Evidence suggests that green lending to reduce developing countries’ CO2 emissions displays all the pathologies associated with financial manias.

Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SA proposes new climate finance target ahead of COP26

Long-standing issues on climate finance will make or break COP26, says environment, forestry and fisheries minister

Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Creecy calls for cheaper finance at London climate talks

Emerging markets need $3-trillion to 4-trillion a year in low-carbon investments over the next 15 years to meet their climate mitigation commitments

Telemedicine is a quick cure for Africa’s healthcare ailments

But it needs urgent support from governments and the private sector

Risky business. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Climate crisis demands a global tax

Voluntary emissions cuts do not work: a uniform levy will end corruption and spread the burden of reform more fairly

A protester parodies wealthy capitalists during a demonstration in Paris in 2015 to denounce tax evasion. Developing countries are the hardest hit by this practice. (Michael Bunel/NurPhoto)

Close ranks to end theft by corporates

Multinationals and their subsidiaries must be treated as single entities — and taxed locally

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Editorial: Sassa’s misstep is beyond apology

‘How far can you fall in the three days that you stood in line, having been forced to borrow money to pay taxi fares to get to a collection point?’

Undermindset: President Jacob Zuma shares his party’s paranoia about agents provocateurs being responsible for local discontent

Brics is not all it’s cracked up to be

Zuma and his cohorts appear to have little understanding of the true nature of the troubled grouping.

Charges in sub-Saharan Africa average 12% on transfers of $200

Health financing crisis threatens developing countries, experts say

Researchers predict that in 2040, low-income countries will spend just $0.03 on healthcare for every dollar that high-income countries spend.

Economic growth in Nigeria has fallen by 3% and the country’s public finances and current account balance have markedly deteriorated.

Smart policies needed to overcome commodity dependency

Developing countries must introduce policies now to diversify their exports and sustain growth, write Min Zhu, Stefania Fabrizio and Futoshi Narita.

Cop21 will deliver more for developing countries

African countries stand a good chance at COP21 of getting their ideas across, while there will also be a better opportunity to access climate finance.

Brics bank could hand debt-wrecked Greece a lifeline

Greece, who is trying to reach a deal with EU-IMF creditors, says the invitation is a “happy surprise” and they will further consider the proposal.

Social media users don’t experience more stress because of the ‘fear of missing out’

Now for the technology attitude divide

The digital divide between developed and developing countries is no longer only about access, but in attitudes to technology, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

COP19: NGO delegates walk out of Warsaw climate talks in protest

The second-last day of the global climate change conference in Poland has seen 800 delegates walk out of the talks over a lack of progress.

Climate change.

Follow the money to clean SA’s green slate

South Africa lacks centralised system for tracking and counting the funds.

G20 must tackle new tax deal for developing countries

When the world’s leaders meet at the next G20 Summit, they’ll arrive with one issue already agreed: the need to re-write international tax rules.

E-tailers in SA to see growth in mobile commerce

E-tailers in South Africa can expect to see their most prolific growth in mobile commerce, says chief executive of Kalahari.com.