Vol 66 No 19 | ETHIOPIAAFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Addis summit pushes continent’s green industry ambition 19th September 2025 With climate finance at a premium, delegates focused on bankable projects, trading and refining critical minerals and nature-based initiatives Alongside the nationalist tub-thumping, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was making a serious point about climate and energy policy when he invited a group of international leaders for...
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... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 3 | CLIMATE CHANGEAFRICA IN 2023 Finance and energy access come first 23rd January 2023 The IMF, World Bank and G20 face growing pressure to raise funds for climate goals ahead of the UN COP28 summit in Dubai Arguments over emissions cuts, climate finance and developing economies' access to energy are set to dominate the UN COP28 Climate summit in Dubai in November. Despite sharpening geopolitical...
Vol 65 No 23 | GAMBIARUSSIASPECIAL REPORT Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven 14th November 2024 A US-sanctioned Russian illegally imported US$29 million worth of diesel to The Gambia, sold it there, and sent the money to the UAE, but the authorities seem uninterested An Africa Confidential Special Report By Mustapha K Darboe and Andrew Weir READ FOR FREE
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,...
