South African law might be used to hold major carbon polluters to account for their role in damaging climate events
Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and the UAE, plus the European Union, have committed $420 million to the fund, with contributions from other countries expected
Wealthy nations default on payments for climate adaptation
The climate-vulnerable island of Barbados has come up with an initiative to do this very thing
Developing nations are calling for the countries most responsible for climate change to pay for loss and damage
Financial commitments and pledges made by developed countries must be honoured and developed countries must offer meaningful and credible support to developing countries
About 21 million people on the Horn of Africa are projected to be in crises of acute food insecurity between now and the end of the year
If plaintiffs start winning cases against individual polluters, Eskom and Sasol could be sued in South Africa