Vol 65 No 13 | KENYACLIMATE CHANGE Calls grow to regulate ballooning carbon credits 17th June 2024 President William Ruto holds up carbon trading as his country’s next big export but climate activists want much tighter controls By elevating carbon credits to the top of the climate finance agenda President William Ruto has made Kenya a key player on environment policy in Africa. He has...
Vol 61 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASACLIMATE CHANGE Why Africa is key to Green Economics 5th March 2020 Strategic minerals on the continent will power the electric vehicle revolution and a restructured energy industry More than any other continent, Africa has copious reserves of the vital minerals central to the transition to sustainable energy in the leading industrial economies. READ FOR FREE
Vol 51 No 9 | CLIMATE CHANGE Key points from Copenhagen 30th April 2010 At the United Nations’ climate change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, African governments won a victory by stopping attempts by the West to kill off the Kyoto...
Vol 63 No 23 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGECOP27 Delegates haggle in Egypt as the planet burns 17th November 2022 African leaders argued for the continent's fossil fuels at the UN COP27 summit amid fierce debates over energy access and compensation for climate change That the UN's climate summit in Sharm el Sheikh has been popularised as the 'African COP' owes as much to the strong African focus of the negotiations as... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 17 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE ICJ climate ruling opens floodgates for billions in pollution payouts 22nd August 2025 The UN court’s opinion defining greenhouse gas emissions as ‘internationally wrongful acts’ argues for climate finance to become a legal obligation for the main polluting countries The ruling by the UN’s top court that countries may be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental damage they cause could help reshape...
