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…
This is a familiar pattern. International financial institutions socialise risk and privatise profit, while invoking development rhetoric to justify fossil fuel expansion in the…
The public confrontation between senior officials, the establishment of inquiries and the intense public debate surrounding the allegations all indicate that accountability…
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…
The world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, report warns
Kariba REDD+ has been prevented from trading after allegations of mismanagement and corruption
It finds that the fossil fuel output will exceed 1.5°C limit by 120% by 2030
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
Advancing climate and sustainability action will require that all arms, spheres and levels of government lead an integrated and interdependent response to climate change
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
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
A decade later, the implementation of the agreement is struggling to take hold, and disputes over fairness block real progress
If we do not speak out against the erosion of rights by authoritarian leaders, anti-rights movements will be emboldened everywhere
This is an opportunity for the Global South to forge new paths, emphasising regional cooperation, community-driven solutions and innovative financing
South Africa and other developing nations are pushing for a $1 trillion climate finance target
