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African countries argue for climate justice at International Court of Justice

African countries have invited the ICJ to recognise an international law legal duty on states to reduce their GHG emissions ...

Climate Litigation

Gridlock as Riyadh COP16 Fails to Deliver Drought Protocol Deal

The recent desertification COP in Riyadh under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification failed to deliver what African countries wanted ...

Adaptation

Global Goal on Adaptation: The Scores and Misses in Baku 

COP 29 in Baku brought some clarity to the technical process and work on indicators within the Global Goal on ...

Adaptation

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 ...

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 ...

Adaptation

COP29 Falls Short on Gender Inclusion

COP29’s agenda included promoting gender-responsive climate policy and equal representation of delegates. But as with previous COPs, this year’s summit ...

COP29

Your Guide to COP29: A Tamer but Still Tumultuous Affair

African countries are going to COP with a long menu of agenda items to address: the new finance target (NCQG), ...

Adaptation

The Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) at COP 29: Key negotiation topics and an African perspective

At COP29 countries will continue to flesh out the details of the GGA through the development of indicators to track ...

Adaptation

Baku’s Big Promise: Will COP29 Throw Africa a Financial Lifeline for an Energy Transition, or Just Another Fossil – Fuelled Fantasy?

As pre-negotiation meetings progress at COP29 in Baku, the spotlight turns to Africa's urgent need for accessible, equitable energy transition ...

Climate Finance

Loss and Damage Finance: Youth-led COP29 Expectations and Demands

Lamis Elkhatieb from the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition writes on the group’s expectations for COP29 on loss and damage ...

Loss And Damage

Youth Delegates need more concrete action from COP29

Youth activists have been vocal about the need for concrete action towards addressing climate change for the sake of their ...

COP29

Revisiting Article 6 at COP 29: What’s at Stake for Africa?

The Azerbaijan COP presidency has identified carbon offsets and the related operationalisation of Article 6, as a major priority, calling ...

Article 6