Vol 64 No 21

Published 19th October 2023

Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream

13th October 2023

PREVIEW

Leaders of the IMF and World Bank back carbon taxes and a plan to end fossil fuel subsidies | Special Report by Tim Concannon

Welcome to the first in our series of special reports in the run-up to the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai opening on 30 November.

Africa Confidential's Environment Editor Tim Concannon will explain and analyse the key issues at stake in Dubai and how African governments, companies and regional institutions are approaching the negotiations. Much of the focus in Dubai will be on climate finance.

Our first report in the series examines how the IMF and World Bank are changing policy on climate finance, boosting lending and calling for carbon taxes and the ending of fossil fuel subsidies.

For a detailed analysis of these shifts, read this Special Report here: Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream.

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Vol 64 No 22 |

CLIMATE CHANGE
SPECIAL REPORT

Fight over control of loss and damage fund dominates pre-summit talks

31st October 2023

Key questions are whether the World Bank or the UN will control the new fund – and the cost of its loans | Special Report by Tim Concannon

The schism between the west and developing economies over compensation for the damage caused by climate change is dominating preparatory talks ahead of the UN COP28 Climate summit ...

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Vol 64 No 22 |

CLIMATE CHANGE
SPECIAL REPORT

China, Europe and the US mull tariff war amid scramble for Africa's green minerals

20th October 2023

Corporate rivalries and geopolitical tensions disrupt markets for electric vehicles | Special Report by Tim Concannon

'We are seeing the biggest change and transformation in our societies since the invention of the steam engine,' Nicola Beer, MP at the European parliament

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Vol 65 No 17 |

Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush

22nd August 2024

Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret

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Vol 65 No 7 |

Anger as Geneva wins Fund fight

28th March 2024

African officials and climate activists want to reverse the decision to host the Loss and Damage advisory network in Geneva instead of Nairobi. They met in Lilongwe, Malawi, to agr...

Vol 65 No 9 |

Brussels refuses to delay deforestation law, hitting Africa's cocoa and coffee farmers

17th April 2024

New EU rules banning produce sourced from deforested areas start in January and risk wrecking Ethiopia's coffee trade

Pressure is mounting on the European Commission to postpone the start-up of its tough rules blocking products sourced from deforested areas, including cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm ...

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Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream

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