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Africa Climate Summit under fire from CSOs

Civil Society Organisations are arguing that the African Climate Summit has been “hijacked by Western governments, consultancy companies, Global North ...

COP28

Scottish Scientist, Jim Skea, elected to chair IPCC, outwinning Brazilian and South African nominees

Scottish scientist Jim Skea was recently nominated to chair the IPCC. His election extends an unbroken run of male leaders ...

COP28

IMO Mulls a Global Shipping Levy: Africa May Lose out While Others Gain

Following the agreement of revised targets for the shipping sector, the IMO is discussing the introduction of a global shipping ...

Climate Finance

African Governors Propose Targeted Reforms to Climate Finance Architecture

African governors of the IMF and World Bank met in Cabo Verde to discuss reforms to the global climate finance ...

Climate Finance

UAE to Put Trade on COP28 Agenda as Australia Joins Climate Club

The UAE intends to introduce a special focus on trade at COP28, as countries are increasingly using trade to pursue ...

COP28

SA calls CBAM “Policy Coercive” and LDCs call them “Beggar Thy Neighbour” Instruments

The South Africa government has called the EU’s CBAM “policy coercive” and a threat to a “delicate national consensus”, as ...

Trade

What Happened at the Bonn Climate Negotiations?

The lack of an agreed agenda dominated discussions at Bonn, as its setting is increasingly becoming a platform to tackle ...

COP28

The Paris Summit for a New Global Financial Pact: Our Takeaways

Having aimed low the Paris Summit for a New Global Financial Pact is difficult to criticise, but if it is ...

Climate Finance

Nigeria and Angola Initiate Moves Away from Fuel Subsidies

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced the removal of a 50 year long petrol subsidy, a move which may incentivise ...

NetZero and the Just Transition

Developing Countries list their demands as Bonn Climate Intersessionals Kick Off

Opening statements made by developing countries at the Bonn climate talks this year, evidence a resolve to advance long standing ...

COP28

African Countries Move to Regulate Domestic Carbon Markets and Claim Revenue

A Kenyan county governor has made a bold move to revoke existing carbon credit contracts, similar to what happened in ...

Article 6

WTO Review of EU Trade Policies highlights significant unease about CBAM

The EU’s CBAM and its other green policies came under fire during the EU’s 15th Trade Policy Review at the ...

Trade

Where are we on the Loss and Damage Fund?

Slow but important progress on the design elements of a loss and damage fund is being made. Developing country positions ...

COP28

Kenya to join Global Climate Club. Quo Vadis the Glasgow Mitigation Work Programme?

Kenya intends to join a Climate Club that aims to enhance mitigation ambition through trade cooperation and possibly industrial sector ...

COP28

Zimbabwe to Seeking to Take Over its Carbon Credit Market

Zimbabwe plans to nullify existing carbon credit agreements and to claim 50% title to carbon credit revenue from offset projects, ...

Article 6

Petersberg Climate Dialogues: Building a COP28 Roadmap for Adaptation

COP28 preparations discuss a possible Roadmap that would address adaptation planning, risk management, and policy frameworks, but no reference yet ...

Adaptation

India and China Want “Multiple Energy Pathways” While Germany Wants Renewables Targets

Consensus on fossil fuel phaseout looks more remote as India and China want to see language around “multiple energy pathways”, ...

COP28

AFDB Pushes to Channel SDRs for Climate Finance

The AfDB is looking to rechannel SDRs to African countries to free up fiscal space to spend on climate, but ...

Climate Finance