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Smoke, soot and sweat: Egyptians labour in appalling conditions for very little money at a charcoal ‘factory’ in Inshas village north of the Cairo. (Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP)
CARBON EMISSIONS

Coal gets the cold shoulder as coal power fleets on course to be 56% smaller than expected

Only Gambia has a plan that, if everyone acted the same way, would see global heating kept to below 1.5°C.

  • Sipho Kings
  • The Continent
2 min read
A general view of infrastructure being put in place at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, the site of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties – also known as Cop26. Picture date: Tuesday September 14, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
ADAPTATION FINANCE

What is COP and why is COP26 so important?

This year’s UN climate conference will be the first in-person meeting since COP25 in 2019, when developing countries walked away, outraged by the poor outcome

  • Tunicia Phillips
4 min read
2050

The battle for 2050 energy dominance: Nuclear industry makes its pitch

Nuclear sector says it should be poised to take up more than 50% of the 24GW left vacant by coal

  • Tunicia Phillips
7 min read