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A trillion dollar promise on a warming planet: can COP30’s finance deliver for Africa?

  • Climate Finance, COP30

 Africa’s Climate Agenda in the Wake of the South African G20 Presidency

Following the US withdrawal from the G20 Summit, and a lack of agreement on climate and just transition matters, the Johannesburg Leaders’ Declaration issued this past weekend was a surprise to many, reflecting South Africa’s astute diplomacy, and signalling that US obstinacy would not block multilateral cooperation.
  • African Climate Policy

African Countries Asked to Track their own Spending on Adaptation

  • Adaptation, COP30

Mid COP30: African representatives call for Adaptation, Finance and Fair Trade

At the halfway point of COP30, the Chair of the Africa Group of Negotiators (AGN), Dr. Richard Muyungi and the COP30 Special Envoy for Africa, Prof Carlos Lopes, hosted a joint press-briefing, where they underscored the continent’s priorities for COP30, following a long week of negotiations.
  • COP30

COP30 Kick-off: the Issues that Await the Negotiators

This year’s COP has to respond and rectify the legacies of the dismal outcomes of COP29, and must deliver on items that were unfinalized last year. If the event is to showcase renewed support for multilateralism, there will need to be higher levels of conciliation, particularly on finance and adaptation. 
  • COP30

Debt Addressed but not Overhauled at Development Finance Conference

  • Climate Finance

Advocating for a Just Transition in the Global South

We spoke with Leanne Govindsamy at Southern Transitions about her views about the just transition, the need for more regional just transition frameworks, localized critical mineral interventions, systems change and the role of adaptation in a just transition.
  • NetZero and the Just Transition

Finally, some Just Transition Agreement, but what of the Fossil Fuel Roadmap?

The June climate talks were able to deliver a draft that finally sets out an expansive view of the just transition. COP30 host, Brazil, has suggested a Roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels, how will this align with the self-determined pathways African countries want?
  • COP30, NetZero and the Just Transition

Africa Can and Should Have a Fully Renewable Energy Mix

In a recent report, Powershift Africa argues that Africa is well positioned to develop a fully renewable energy system and achieve a just energy transition, through investment, policy support and the removal of structural barriers.
  • NetZero and the Just Transition

From Baku to Belém: will politics derail the US$1.3 Trillion Climate Finance Roadmap?

As the US$1.3trillion climate finance roadmap hangs in the balance, the Bonn meetings expose a familiar rift, with developed countries avoiding concrete discussions on their obligations, and developing countries asking for more transparency on the Baku to Belém roadmap and a burden sharing agreement. 
  • Climate Finance, COP30