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How the US-Israel-Iran conflict is reshaping South Africa’s coal exports
Middle East tension has pushed up energy prices and boosted demand for South African coal, raising questions about climate commitments and exports
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…
COP30: Nations chose unity, science and economic common sense amid ‘stormy political waters’
Countries are ‘still in the climate fight’, the United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said
The second week of COP29 needs to reach funding commitments
There is an air of impatience as talks on finance hit a stalemate