Steven Miles to set more ambitious emissions reduction targets on day one as Queensland premier

The incoming Queensland premier, Steven Miles, is expected to announce on Friday that the state will lift its lagging emissions reductions targets, among a number o

Iceland volcano: Pollution warning for capital after eruption

Gas pollution could hit Iceland's capital after a volcano began erupting late on Monday, the country's meteorological office has said. The eruption, which broke out on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland, comes after weeks of intense earthquakes and tremors.

RWANDA: universal access to water by 2050 will cost $400 million per year (Wasac)

AFRICA: Agia records a first payment of $175 million for green infrastructure

NAMIBIA: Chinese Shandong and Zhejiang will store solar energy in Omburu

BURKINA FASO: a call for tenders for the recovery of used plastic packaging

Nassim Oulmane: “adequate, accessible, and new funding urgently”

ALGERIA: the use of containerized seawater desalination stations

Senegal shows African countries are not passive beneficiaries of climate finance

What does a just energy transition mean for the world’s least developed countries where energy access, especially in rural areas, is a priority for national development?

A wolf in sheep’s clothing: why Africa should shun carbon markets

There is increasing hype and push for so-called voluntary carbon markets in Africa.

Sudan’s Cop28 delegates “really hurt” by silence on their civil war

At the recent Cop28 climate talks in Dubai, hordes of Sudanese workers in blue jackets and lanyards helped guide lost delegates around the sprawling venue.

France, Kenya set to launch Cop28 coalition for global taxes to fund climate action

France and Kenya are set to launch an international taxation taskforce at Cop28 to push for new levies to raise more money for climate action.

African leaders blast European no-shows at climate adaptation summit

African leaders have criticised their European counterparts for missing a summit in Rotterdam on how Africa can adapt to climate change.

South Africa’s coal lobby is resisting a green transition

Pascaline Mazibuko has become a recurrent voice in government consultations on the energy transition in Emalahleni, a municipality of South Africa’s energy heartland Mpumalanga province. The former politician has now turned her efforts to keeping coal alive in the region.

Gas lock-in: Debt-laden Ghana gambles on LNG imports

For 15 years, John Gakpo has milled corn to make kenkey – a cornmeal dumpling and Ghana’s staple food – in a dimly lit wooden shack in a suburb of Accra, the country’s capital. 

Leaks reveal how McKinsey drives African climate agenda

Weeks before African leaders travelled to Nairobi for the continent’s first climate summit in September, climate justice groups wrote to Kenyan president William Ruto accusing consultancy firm McK

Africa food crisis: Bill Gates and smallholders see different solutions

Africa is in the grip of a food crisis triggered by soaring fertiliser prices, extreme weather events and disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Japan used ‘environmental’ fund to finance Vietnamese coal plant

A Japanese state-owned bank is using a green fund to finance a Vietnamese coal power plant, sparking accusations of “egregious greenwashing”.

World Bank’s private sector arm to stop supporting new coal

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, is to stop supporting new coal projects, a move described by campaigners as welcome but long overdue.

Public banks agree to check investments against countries’ climate plans

A group of leading global development banks has agreed on long-awaited principles to align new financing with national and international climate goals.