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ADAPTATION FUNDING

Africa’s COP30 priorities: Finance, adaptation, technology and fair trade

Power Shift Africa is urging the summit to move from promises to delivery, highlighting Africa’s vulnerabilities and climate finance needs

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Developing countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change are angry about a new text released at COP29 on Friday, which says developed countries must pay $250 billion a year until 2035 for climate action
CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

$250bn a year for climate action is too little, say developing countries

The final draft text for COP29 shows there has been limited progress made on funding, a failure given that this was meant to be the ‘finance COP’

  • Ozayr Patel
4 min read
A new draft for the long-term finance proposal for climate change, called the new collective quantified goal (NCQG), was released on Thursday morning at COP29. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

New draft for climate finance released at COP29, but lacks specifics

Least developed countries and small island nations will be prioritised but the finance proposal omits to say how much money will be provided

  • Ozayr Patel
3 min read
Developing countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change are angry about a new text released at COP29 on Friday, which says developed countries must pay $250 billion a year until 2035 for climate action
BRAZIL

South Africa’s G20 presidency: Frontload the climate change and ecological justice agenda

When the country takes over the presidency from Brazil in 2025, it should focus on reforming the global financial architecture

  • Siphumelele Duma
  • Abeer Abazeed
4 min read
AFRICA

COP27’s loss and damage fund delivers climate justice despite conference shortcomings

While COP27 saw some major milestones achieved, there were also worrying breaches in commitments to tackle the real sources of climate change

  • Nqobile Xaba
5 min read