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Two IMF fixes that could channel billions to Africa

The formula for allocating SDRs, an invaluable source of funding, was agreed in 1944 and channels the most money to the richest nations. It is a truism that the countries and citizens that face the greatest challenges in tackling global problems – from pandemic

All climate action is, ultimately, local. Talks and efforts must reflect that

Local communities are not the beneficiaries of climate action.

Colombia chooses life at COP28 and sets example for Africa

On 2 December, President Gustavo Petro announced the COP28 climate talks that Colombia would formally join the b

Global Stocktake Q&A: What’s at stake for Africa at COP28?

The COP28 climate talks in Dubai will see the first ever Global Stocktake. This five-yearly exercise could galvanise action or it could prompt mere empty promises.

Africa’s call to action at COP28? Fund adaptation

For Africa, the climate crisis is a daily reality — one we have been living with for decades. Amid all noise around climate change, what we Africans need to see is action to help us adapt.

Schrodinger’s COP: How’s Africa faring at the climate talks at halftime?

The COP28 climate talks in Dubai are scheduled to run from 30 November to 12 December. At the halfway point, we unpick the progress (and lack thereof) so far in terms of the key priorities of African and many other developing countries.

COP28: Dairy giants join forces to combat methane emissions

Six of the world’s leading dairy companies have joine

Five climate change solutions under the spotlight at COP28

It's not all doom and gloom at the COP28 climate summit. The Earth's climate is changing rapidly and urgent action is needed to avoid the most damaging consequences for people and nature.

COP28: Is the world about to promise to ditch fossil fuels?

The UN climate change conference in Dubai is close to a big breakthrough on reducing the gases heating our planet, its United Arab Emirates hosts believe.

The world has ground to make up at climate summit in Dubai after a year of ‘backsliding’

Climate chaos spared no region this year.

Nations pledge millions to new climate damage fund at COP28, US criticized for its small contribution

Global delegates at the

Kamala Harris announces new $3 billion US pledge to global climate action at Dubai summit

The past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the

King Charles says world heading for ‘dangerous uncharted territory’ at global leaders summit

King Charles III told world leaders Friday that the warning signs of the climate crisis are being

These small words could make or break the global climate summit

The thorniest issue at the

Controversy hangs over climate talks as countries weigh whether to ditch fossil fuels

The first week of the

Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn

Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms Many of the gravest threats to humanity are drawing closer, as carbon pollution heats the planet to ever more dangerous levels, scientists have warned.