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Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy. (Photo by Ruvan Boshoff/Sunday Times/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

South Africa supported last-minute change to COP26 deal

Scores of countries at the UN climate talks accepted the COP26 pact reluctantly, condemning a last-minute meeting that led to a slightly different wording

Politicians out of touch: Xoli Fuyani, a mother and co-director of the African Climate Alliance, decided to attend the United Nations Climate Conference in Scotland to ensure the voices of marginalised people are heard. She joined a delegation of mothers’ organisations led by Rosamund Adoo Kissi Debrah

Mothers: ‘Stop funding fossil fuels’

Millions of parents tell world leaders that children are poisoned by toxic pollution with every breath they take

The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters . (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

SA delegates to quarantine in Glasgow amid calls for COP26 postponement

Eligible COP26 attendees are expected to receive their UK-sponsored Covid-19 jabs this week, but the Climate Action Network says it is too late

Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Creecy calls for cheaper finance at London climate talks

Emerging markets need $3-trillion to 4-trillion a year in low-carbon investments over the next 15 years to meet their climate mitigation commitments

Mithika Mwenda, the Executive Director of the African Climate Justice Alliance . (Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

African negotiators say crucial climate talks will be a failure if held virtually

They want quantitative commitments to the various finance mechanisms that rich countries have promised to contribute to

Limiting greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience can improve the everyday lives and experiences of South Africans. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Parties divided on carbon trading system as UN climate talks end

One country pays for greenhouse gas emissions in another country and uses that credit for its own emission reduction targets — but accounting irregularities increased carbon…

Superspreader: Activists from all over the world went to Madrid for the COP25 climate conference. (Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Covid may stop SA presence at COP

The United Kingdom, this year’s climate change conference host, wants an in-person event, but Covid factors such as travel restrictions and vaccinations may stop people from…