While COP27 saw some major milestones achieved, there were also worrying breaches in commitments to tackle the real sources of climate change
Hosted on home soil, this year’s conference is a valuable opportunity to gain climate wins for the continent
The climate conference must show how the world will benefit if Africa achieves its green development goals – bypassing fossil fuel where possible and moving straight to renewables
The costs of climate change damages are rising exponentially. Who will pay?
Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up
They want quantitative commitments to the various finance mechanisms that rich countries have promised to contribute to
One country pays for greenhouse gas emissions in another country and uses that credit for its own emission reduction targets — but accounting irregularities increased carbon…
The ambitious targets are not set in stone until they are deposited at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year, while legislative processes vary…
Other steps to fight climate change include improved reporting, monitoring and laws
