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A Weaker, Meeker CBAM?

This week’s proposed revisions to the EU’s CBAM indicate that the bloc’s appetite for its full operation next year is alive and well, but that it is looking to reduce the number of EU importers it applies to, and to delay the payment obligation. This may benefit African exporters, but tweaks to calculation methods might make things harder in other respects. 
  • Trade

Where To Now For The Adaption Fund?

  • Climate Finance

AGN reacts to Trump’s withdrawal from Paris Agreement

The African Group of Negotiators calls the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement a direct threat to global climate efforts, leaving vulnerable nations without critical financial and technical support.
  • African Climate Policy

A World Left Behind: Consequences of Trump’s Policy Reversals on Africa’s Climate Agenda

Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and suspension of USAID funding mark a drastic shift in U.S. global policy. The crisis exposes aid dependency, prompting calls for self-sufficiency, yet leaving vulnerable populations, particularly in Africa, facing immediate hardship with multiple climate programmes and projects now at risk.
  • African Climate Policy

African Agriculture Development Strategy Lagging Behind

  • African Climate Policy

Betting Big While Transparency is a Mystery – Ghana’s Carbon Market Dilemma

  • African Climate Policy

Climate Diplomacy in 2025

  • African Climate Policy, COP30

Stories and Events to Look Out for in 2025

  • COP30

What the COP29 Agreement on Carbon Markets means for Uganda

COP29's agreement on a global carbon market could be a boost for Uganda. But the country needs to focus on capacity building and infrastructure development in order to truly benefit from a carbon credits programme.
  • COP29

The COP that No-One Likes

It is normal for countries to leave the COP disgruntled but resigned to the outcome, with wins and losses for everyone. But this year’s finance COP left a deeply bitter taste in the mouth for developing countries, with Nigeria calling the US$300 billion finance target a joke, and more questions than answers about whether to disband the COP process entirely. But there were some wins on trade, adaptation and carbon markets within the morass of despair on finance. In our roundup we look back and discuss the key issues and outcomes.
  • Adaptation, Article 6, COP29, Loss And Damage, Trade

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