Tag: African climate policy

In February, Ali Mohamed, the (then) chair of the African Group of Negotiators met with senior Russian representatives to discuss climate matters, ending in agreement on a joint work plan. A long history of collaboration between the regions, dwindling climate finance from the West and a push by Russia for African critical minerals, may see more strategic climate alliances between the two regions.

Climate change is reshaping Africa’s migration landscape, but extant international laws leave millions unprotected. Regional free movement agreements—especially IGAD’s forward-thinking protocol—provide a framework to address this gap.

Only 15 countries met the 10 February deadline to submit their updated NDCs under the Paris Agreement, but it looks likely that an extension will be granted. Ozayr Patel unpacks how this round of NDCs must be a step up from the last, and the key issues African countries should focus on.

In the wake of an extreme dry spell exacerbated by climate change, Zambia’s President Hichilema declared the drought a national disaster earlier this year. But is the country’s disaster management framework sufficiently robust, and is funding freed up by the hard-won debt-relief programme getting to the activities it needs to?