Vol 62 No 25 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Adding up the real costs of the energy transition 16th December 2021 To achieve net zero emissions by 2050 will mean clean energy investments of $1-2 trillion a year in developing economies After a frustrating lack of progress on finance and mapping out a 'just transition' to renewable energy at the COP26 climate summit last month, African officials are preparing for ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGECOP27 Climate of scepticism 3rd November 2022 Expectations are low ahead of next week's COP27 climate change summit in Sharm el Sheikh. Although the African Union common position has moved away from an early draft that emphasi...
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 to the location. Whether o... READ FOR FREE
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, to agr...
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 pollution on t...