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 65 No 1 | CLIMATE CHANGE 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, gas and oil. Following the transition roa... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 25 | CLIMATE CHANGE The 28th UN Conference of the Parties Climate Summit – a users' guide 7th December 2023 How to navigate the facts, the figures and the declarations | By Tim Concannon and Jerry Sam in Accra and Caroline Chebet in Nairobi "There is no future in charging in the footsteps of the polluter. There is opportunity in leapfrogging and leading the world in a new direction." Mohamed Adow, Director of Power Sh... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 24 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Loss and Damage Fund is centre-stage at the UN COP28 Climate Summit 29th November 2023 The most pressing issue for African leaders will be to ensure their interests are represented in the new fund to compensate countries for climate change The shape of the new loss and damage fund is likely to dominate the agenda of African leaders as the COP28 climate change summit opens in Dubai on 30 November. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 23 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Mind the adaptation gap 9th November 2023 Funding for the continent's economies to adapt to extreme weather falls far short of the rising demand Government spending on climate change adaptation projects across Africa is currently ten times higher than support for adaptation, according to a new report by the UN Environment P... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGE 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 ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGE 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
Vol 64 No 21 | CLIMATE CHANGE Radical climate finance strategies go mainstream 13th October 2023 Leaders of the IMF and World Bank back carbon taxes and a plan to end fossil fuel subsidies | Special Report by Tim Concannon One of the most significant moments of the finance meetings in Marrakech on 9-15 October was the call by World Bank President Ajay Banga to open discussions on ending the US$1.25 t... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 18 | KENYACLIMATE CHANGE Nairobi vies for green capital status 7th September 2023 William Ruto advances his own, and Kenya's interests, but fails to pull in much climate finance from industrial economies Having spent much of the first year of his presidency staking out the ground as one of Africa's leading voices on climate change and energy policy, Kenya's William Ruto was the nat...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 18 | KENYACLIMATE CHANGE Setting out Africa's case ahead of the UN's COP28 summit 30th August 2023 Just 15 out of 54 African leaders are due to attend the critical climate summit in Nairobi on 4-8 September The UN and the Kenya government have promised that a string of multi-million-dollar green investment deals will be signed at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi which starts on 4 ... READ FOR FREE