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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 climate

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 […]