Category: Climate Finance

Can South Africa Legally Walk Back its Carbon Tax?

Can a country lawfully walk back a central tenet of its mitigation policy in its NDC under the Paris Agreement? We discuss the proposal to suspend South Africa’s carbon tax.
  • Climate Finance

Transforming Geological Wealth into Industrial Power – Whereto for Africa after the Mining Indaba?

The Mining Indaba laid bare a stark choice – continue as a pit-to-port extractive frontier, or deploy the continent’s US$1trillion in institutional assets to build critical mineral infrastructure and processing capacity that transforms resources into lasting industrial power.
  • Climate Finance

US to exit the UNFCCC, but will it be out of the picture entirely?

While the latest statement of intent to withdraw from the UNFCCC may herald an exit from the climate treaty regime, the country is still intrinsically tied to the rest of the world through trade, climate financial institutions and a dwindling aid budget
  • Climate Finance

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

  • Climate Finance, COP30

Debt Addressed but not Overhauled at Development Finance Conference

  • Climate Finance

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

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

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

Transactional Multilateralism: Africa’s Quest for Sustainable Climate Finance

Amid Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and opposition to the draft International Tax Convention, Africa faces a pivotal moment: rely on fragmented external support or forge a unified tax and climate strategy to secure sustainable finance, protect fiscal sovereignty, and drive equitable global negotiations.
  • Climate Finance

Where To Now For The Adaption Fund?

  • Climate Finance