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Will the June Climate Talks Deliver on the Global Stocktake?

The Global Stocktake concluded in 2023, but Parties still cannot agree on the structure of discussions for its implementation. What does this mean for NDCs and what must come out of the Bonn Climate Talks?
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Charting Africa’s Path in the Global Loss and Damage Agenda: The Evolution of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD)

The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, Has Made Significant Strides Since Its Inception. Ahead of Its Sixth Board Meeting, There Are a Number of Objectives and Needs That African Countries Should Be Focusing on to Ensure That It Is Fit for Purpose.
  • COP30, Loss And Damage

Zimbabwe Sets Out Climate Ambitions With Climate Change Management Bill

Zimbabwe Is One Step Closer to a Climate Change Law. What Does the Climate Change Management Bill Entail, and Will It Work?
  • African Climate Policy

Africa Great Green Wall Initiative Seeks to Overcome Policy and Funding Gaps

The African Union has re-affirmed its commitment to the Great Green Wall initiative. More than a reforestation project, it has high ambitions to alleviate food insecurity while boosting biodiversity, but it must overcome fragmentation, funding gaps and achieve extra-ordinary levels of government coordination to deliver on one of the continent’s largest climate response projects.
  • African Climate Policy

Trapped in Green Debt: Debt for Climate Swaps Are Not Enough

While the African Union Continues to Endorse Them as a Pillar of Climate Finance at This Year’s Debt Conference in Togo, Debt for Nature Swaps May Not Be Sufficiently Reliable to Navigate the Debt and Climate Crisis. To Be Effective, They Must Be Accompanied by a Significant Cancellation or Reduction in Overall Debt.
  • Climate Finance, Uncategorized

Loss and Damage Fund Won’t Operate “At Scale”

The Loss and Damage Fund is finally on a path to distributing funds – it will spend US$250 million until the end of 2026 on an initial clutch of interventions, with half going to SIDS and LDCS, but with no agreement that it will operate “at scale”.
  • Loss And Damage

April Reveals Climate Priorities at the Africa Climate Talks and AGN Strategic Session

Ensuring equity and justice continue to be the focus of climate negotiators, with talks of reparations increasing – negotiators seek clarity on the climate finance target and continue to prioritise adaptation indicators and the updating of NDCS.
  • African Climate Policy, COP30

The Great Retreat – How the World Bank and IMF’s Shift to Jobs over Climate Fails Africa

The 2025 Spring Meetings revealed a stark divergence: while global institutions reframe development around jobs and energy, Africa’s climate crisis demands both electrification and systemic adaptation—neither can wait.
  • Climate Finance

IMO Agrees Shipping Carbon Levy, but Keeps Funds within the Sector

Last week’s IMO meeting agreeing to a global shipping carbon levy had a low turnout of African States and a high number of abstentions on an issue that may significantly and disproportionately impact them
  • African Climate Policy

How is Africa Responding to the Climate and Health Nexus?

We spoke with Reem Elsayed, an international health expert, about how climate change and health systems intersect in Africa. Some countries are doing better than others, but many are struggling with funding cuts, a high pre-existing burden of disease, and climate-vulnerable health infrastructure.
  • African Climate Policy