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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has indicated its intention to prioritize climate finance at the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference (COP 28) in Dubai.

Today, soaring temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and extreme weather are adversely affecting our ability to feed ourselves, demanding urgent solutions.

African leaders attending this year’s Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC must avoid mistakes made during the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, where leaders adopted the , which in many ways failed to effectively prioritize human rights and climate justice for the continent, Amnesty International said today. “While the Nairobi Declaration is a unified voice aimed at addressing Africa’s climate challenges, some of its proposals do not effectively combat the emissions that cause c...

Now, on the eve of COP28 African climate activists hope for decisive action beyond empty words, calling on leaders to fulfil promises made at the ACS and previous COP summits.

When world leaders and climate activists meet in Dubai for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), for the first time, African representatives will bring to the negotiation table new expectations, hopes and criticisms stemming from the inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) that took place in Nairobi in September.  At the ACS — the […]

At COP28, African countries are seeking to be equal players in talks often dominated by richer, western nations.

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Phasing out fossil fuels will be a key element of the COP28 discussions, where a common front is needed, particularly for the Africa group. About 600 million people have no access to energy on a continent with some of the best renewable energy resources globally.

THIS time last year, more than 37,000 delegates and over 150 nations gathered in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh for the United Nations Framework Convention on

Ahead of the COP28 Summit, African leaders challenge CBAM, the EU carbon border tax, which comes into effect in early 2024.