Vol 65 No 23 | CLIMATE CHANGE High stakes but low ambitions at Baku’s geopolitical climate summit 13th November 2024 Africa’s bargaining chips at COP29 are ‘green ores’, and trading its forests, grasslands and shorelines as carbon sinks After a year of weather disasters and the hottest average temperatures on record, cash will dominate negotiations at the UN Conference of the Parties (COP29) climate summit from...
Vol 65 No 1 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT What did the UN COP28 Climate summit deliver for Africa? 29th December 2023 The final communiqué at the end of the UN COP28 summit in Dubai on 13 December produced what its authors hailed as a breakthrough – it approved a roadmap for 'transitioning away from fossil fuels' | By Tim Concannon It was a first for a UN Climate Conference. But it stopped short of what many delegates had called for – 'a phase-out' of the use of coal,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 4 | NIGERIACLIMATE CHANGE Shell retreats from the Delta 18th February 2021 The Anglo-Dutch giant is losing its battle to fight off international lawsuits over pollution Shell is retreating from onshore oilfields in the Niger Delta under a cloud, facing lawsuits, recriminations and so far failing to deal with some of the most serious...
Vol 65 No 7 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE 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,...
Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL 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 READ FOR FREE