Climate summit
OVER 140,000 people displaced by flooding in Sindh this August are living in unbearable conditions. They sleep in tents, scrape by on one meal a day, and die from waterborne…
Climate summit touts Africa’s role as clean energy ‘superpower’
At Africa’s first-ever climate summit in Nairobi this week, government and UN leaders sought to promote the continent as a source of solutions to the world’s global warming challenge, rooted…
Paris climate summit gives fresh impetus to development bank reform
A Paris summit to discuss reforming the world’s financial system scored some notable wins that should tee up greater action before climate talks later this year, though some participants were…
Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit
With just five months to go before this year’s UN climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate…
LatAm hands climate bill to rich world at summit
Latin America will demand that the richest and most polluting countries foot the bill for reducing harmful emissions at the world climate summit starting Monday. Countries in one of the…
A year of climate extremes
Climate change stands as one of the most pressing challenges of our time, characterised by rising global temperatures, extreme weather events, and the degradation of ecosystems. NASA has found Summer…
COP talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year’s UN climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the reelection of US climate skeptic Donald…
COP or climate hypocrisy?
THE 29th annual Conference of Parties went into overtime in Baku as nearly 200 countries struggled to reach agreement on the final text of the declaration. Geopolitical uncertainty, with the…
Catalysing climate action
The 29th annual Conference of the Parties (COP29) concluded with a renewed sense of urgency and a litany of commitments aimed at accelerating global climate efforts. Held in the vibrant…
Business seeks details in face of mixed COP29 climate messages
COP29 deals on finance and carbon markets could lead to billions more dollars flowing around the business world if countries next year can deliver climate plans with clear policies for…
