Category: 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

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

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

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

AGN Chair, Dr Richard Muyungi, on the Group’s Priorities Ahead of Upcoming Climate Talks in Bonn

We spoke with the Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), and Climate Envoy and Advisor to the President of Tanzania, Dr Richard Muyungi on the climate talks in Bonn between 16 and 26 June 2025.
  • COP30

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

Climate Diplomacy in 2025

  • African Climate Policy, COP30

Stories and Events to Look Out for in 2025

  • COP30