Vol 65 No 13 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Bonn talks deadlock on finance 20th June 2024 Despite hopes of progress on climate finance for Africa at recent UN negotiations, an impasse emerged at the interim SB60 meeting held in Bonn from 3 to 13...
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 65 No 24 | UNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE Cosplay at the COP29 – a climate finance summit without numbers 22nd November 2024 By failing to agree on a new cash target, the Baku delegates are acting in character but could break up the UN climate bargaining process The failure by delegates to agree on the core climate finance target at the Baku summit would risk a breakdown as serious as the collapse of the UN...
Vol 63 No 10 | TOGOSPECIAL REPORT SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré came to dominate business in Togo – using money, media and merchandise 5th May 2022 Africa Confidential presents a Special Report on the Breton tycoon’s growing influence in Africa. Far from quitting the continent, Vincent Bolloré’s business and political interests in Africa are deepening – even as he faces trial in Paris for grand corruption in league with two West African leaders. By Andrew Weir and Nicolas Vescovacci Billionaire Vincent Bolloré, who has built up monopoly control over some of the biggest container terminals in Africa, is heading back to the French courts with two of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT 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