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UN climate chief calls for faster action as Bonn climate talks begin
Opening the UN’s mid-year climate talks in Bonn, Simon Stiell urged governments to focus on implementing climate commitments, warning that fossil fuel dependence was driving…
IFC’s new gas projects will destroy Africa
This is a familiar pattern. International financial institutions socialise risk and privatise profit, while invoking development rhetoric to justify fossil fuel expansion in the…
A glance beyond the 6 July presser
The public confrontation between senior officials, the establishment of inquiries and the intense public debate surrounding the allegations all indicate that accountability…
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…
Climate crisis: Coral reefs hit critical tipping point
The world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, report warns
Fate of Zimbabwe’s Kariba REDD+ forest conservation project hangs in the balance
Kariba REDD+ has been prevented from trading after allegations of mismanagement and corruption
Governments’ fossil fuel production plans threaten Paris climate goals, new report warns
It finds that the fossil fuel output will exceed 1.5°C limit by 120% by 2030
Reduce Africa’s dependency on climate aid finance to ensure a sustainable future
Digital sustainable finance is key to mobilising private funding as Africa’s climate transition faces a major hurdle with aid often as loans increasing debt
South Africa must use the G20 to reset its climate legacy
Advancing climate and sustainability action will require that all arms, spheres and levels of government lead an integrated and interdependent response to climate change
ICJ: Every country obligated by climate and other international laws to stop global warming
This obligation arises from human rights, maritime and the customary international law, as well as the Paris Agreement and other climate change treaties and laws
South Africa must take the lead in pan-African climate solidarity
Changes in funding show how precarious Africa is in its reliance on foreign aid and the pressing need to find alternatives to ensure economic and climate resilience
The Paris Agreement is a delusion
A decade later, the implementation of the agreement is struggling to take hold, and disputes over fairness block real progress
‘First They Came’: Global rise of authoritarianism is everyone’s fight for rights
If we do not speak out against the erosion of rights by authoritarian leaders, anti-rights movements will be emboldened everywhere
Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal will affect the Global South’s renewable energy future
This is an opportunity for the Global South to forge new paths, emphasising regional cooperation, community-driven solutions and innovative financing
Trump’s return to power sparks uncertainty over US climate commitments
South Africa and other developing nations are pushing for a $1 trillion climate finance target