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Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe Profile

We spoke with Bhekumuzi Dean Bhebhe, a Campaigns Lead at Power Shift Africa and Co-facilitator at Don’t Gas Africa about ...

Uncategorized

From Raspberry Tea to Rosella Dreams: Investing in Women for Climate Resilience

African women are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Investing in resilience building and adaptation initiatives that prioritise ...

Uncategorized

No Place to Discuss the CBAM, not even the WTO

Hopes were high that the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference that ended on 2 March, would address climate change and trade, ...

Trade

All Eyes are on the AU’s Climate Policy ahead of G20 Accession

At its 37th summit, the African Union’s climate committee, CAHOSCC, endorsed the establishment of a body to implement the Nairobi ...

African Climate Policy

No Consensus in the IPCC for a Loss and Damage Assessment or When it will Finalise its Next Major Reports

Last month, countries could not agree on whether to accelerate the pre-2028 delivery dates for the IPCC’s upcoming reports on ...

Loss And Damage

Ghana Imposes Vehicle Carbon Taxes: Are They the Answer?

Ghana’s introduction of a carbon levy on vehicles, follows a push by more than seven African countries who have done ...

African Climate Policy

Nigeria Expands its Climate Repertoire by Banning Certain Plastics

In January, the Nigerian state of Lagos introduced a ban on Styrofoam, sparking protests from industry and food vendors, but ...

African Climate Policy

Picky Eating: Food Systems Get a Small Serving at COP28

At COP28, Food Systems were finally introduced onto the plate of a major UNFCCC negotiation text. However, it was only ...

COP28

How might COP28’s outcomes impact the Private Sector in Africa?

On the side-lines of the COP, a series of climate finance announcements were made that could advance private sector climate ...

Article 6

Agriculture at COP28: Outcomes and implications for Africa

The African continent boasts vast agricultural potential and yet most countries are net food importers. For years agriculture has been ...

Adaptation

COP28: where did we land on Carbon Credits?

While there was some progress on several outcomes at COP28, many texts and decisions remain unfinalised. One of these relates ...

COP28

What happened with the Global Goal on Adaptation at COP28?

Taken together, the outcome on the global goal on adaptation misses an opportunity of facilitating climate resilient development in developing ...

Adaptation

COP28: Looking Back

As we emerge from another fraught COP, we undertake our own stocktake of where agreements were wrought and where further ...

COP28

COP28 Kicks Off With a Loss and Damage Fund and an Agreed Agenda

COP28 President Dr Sultan Al Jaber took some hits this week, but he also championed an excellent start to the ...

COP28

Proposed UN Tax Convention Sparks Hope for African Climate Finance

A recent UN Resolution to develop a global tax convention might stem illicit financial flows and create a more equitable ...

Climate Finance

Roadmap to COP28 Positions and Priorities – What Does Africa Want?

Going into a COP it can be daunting to track the various issues under discussion. We’ve tried to do the ...

COP28

COP28 and Trade: Will Anyone Say Anything?

Despite climate related trade measures like the CBAM being one of the most controversial climate developments this year, it is ...

COP28

COP28: What are the African Positions on the Global Stocktake?

This COP is the moment for an open and frank discussion of what caused past failures, and an opportunity to ...

COP28