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 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 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 June. Critical issues fo...
Vol 62 No 4 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Green tax blow to Africa 18th February 2021 The EU's €1 trillion Green Deal project sits at the heart of Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission Presidency, but the bloc wants to export its climate change policy, and...
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