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Countries Grapple with Climate Equity and Finance at the WHO

Members of the WHO are deliberating over a draft Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health, but African countries ...

African Climate Policy

Integrating Climate Change into African Health Policies and NDCs

Health remains an under-developed topic in African NDCs, however many African countries lack the necessary health data, information and finance ...

African Climate Policy

African Diplomats and Russia Seek Strategic Climate Alliance

In February, Ali Mohamed, the special Climate Envoy of the President of Kenya and the (then) chair of the African ...

African Climate Policy

Climate Induced Migration In Africa: How Can The Law Enable Free Movement

Climate change is reshaping Africa’s migration landscape, but extant international laws leave millions unprotected. Regional free movement agreements—especially IGAD’s forward-thinking ...

African Climate Policy

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: ...

Climate Finance

Most Countries Missed the Deadline to Submit NDCs, What Needs to Happen Next?

Only 15 countries met the 10 February deadline to submit their updated NDCs under the Paris Agreement, but it looks ...

African Climate Policy

Mission 300: Will it Move the Needle on African Energy Poverty?

The launch of Mission 300 was heralded as a game-changer in regional efforts to enhance energy access in Africa. The ...

African Climate Policy

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 ...

Trade

Where To Now For The Adaption Fund?

The Adaptation Fund’s mandate is to finance projects and programmes that help developing countries adapt to climate change. Takudzwa Chihambakwe ...

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, ...

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 ...

African Climate Policy

African Agriculture Development Strategy Lagging Behind

Implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and related Malabo Declaration has been slow. Following the recent CAADP ...

African Climate Policy

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

Ghana has recently enacted legislation to create a Carbon Markets Office and is seeking to finance a large portion of ...

African Climate Policy

Climate Diplomacy in 2025

Last year ended bleakly with a weak finance deal at COP29, disappointing outcomes from the biodiversity summit in Cali, and the ...

African Climate Policy

Stories and Events to Look Out for in 2025

We’re looking into the crystal ball at the climate events, summits and processes that will define 2025, and their significance ...

COP30

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