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ADAPTATION FUND

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…

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read
COP30 got underway in Brazil on Monday. (@antonioguterres/X)
ADAPTATION FUNDING

Africa’s COP30 priorities: Finance, adaptation, technology and fair trade

Power Shift Africa is urging the summit to move from promises to delivery, highlighting Africa’s vulnerabilities and climate finance needs

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Inertia: Collins Nzovu, chairperson of the African group of negotiators on climate change, criticised the limited progress on the crucial issue of adaptation at COP28. Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images
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Adaptation to climate change ‘sacrificed’ at COP28 – at the cost of the African continent

The Global Goal on Adaptation is a playbook for how the world will respond to the climate emergency

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read