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 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... 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...
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 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...
