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Vol 63 No 23 |

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...

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Vol 63 No 22 |

CLIMATE CHANGE
COP27

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...

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Vol 63 No 17 |

Fight over Africa’s fossil fuels intensifies

9th August 2022

Climate negotiators push back against AU plan for common position on gas and nuclear energy playing a ‘critical role’ in short to medium term

The African Union’s plan to ramp up oil and gas production launched at a preparatory meeting with national negotiating teams has triggered a row with climate experts and...

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Vol 63 No 8 |

Coal and oil producers want more flexibility on climate targets as energy crisis deepens

4th April 2022

Faced with rising food and fuel prices, developing economies call for more climate aid to help them adjust to the green transition

Africa, specifically Egypt's Sharm el Sheikh conference centre, is hosting the next UN Climate summit COP27 in November but the set piece arguments over finance and burden-sharing have...

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