Ghana: Healing Minds, Empowering Women - Ghana's Climate Change Battle

As climate change wreaks havoc across the globe, its effects are most acutely felt by those living in vulnerable coastal and rural communities. Read more »

Africa: It's a Deal - Wealthy Nations Pledge Not to Build New Unabated Coal-Power Plants

Of all fossil fuels, coal has had the most serious and long-term effects on global warming. When burnt, coal releases more carbon dioxide than oil and gas, producing an estimated… Read more »

Africa: Signs of Things to Come As COP29 Presidency Releases New Draft Text

Today the COP29 Presidency released a much-awaited new draft text as the end draws near. Read more »

Africa: Women in Africa Are Better Off Today but Gender Equality Remains Out of Reach

Today, women in Africa generally have better access to education, healthcare, and opportunities than ever before. Yet, as they step into the world, a gap between them and their… Read more »

Africa: COP29 Focus On Climate Migration As Hotter Planet Pushes Millions Out of Homes

Migration is growing as the planet gets even hotter. Climate change is fuelling a migration crisis and millions of people in vulnerable nations are continually being uprooted from… Read more »

Africa: Future of Children in 2050 Will Be Shaped Through Global Trends

The future of childhood will be fundamentally shaped by the interventions taken in the present that can determine how children's rights are protected amid compounding issues. As a… Read more »

Africa: Dazzling Wildlife Portraits At COP29 - a Conversation With Photographer Brad Wilson

As delegates at COP29 stroll through the venue in Baku, Azerbaijan, many pause to marvel at the stunning portraits of animals and birds adorning the pavilion walls. These 16… Read more »

Africa: Embedding Education Into Climate Finance Will Deliver Desired Learning, Climate Action Outcomes

Education is under threat as multiple crises push children out of school and into harms way. COP29 Baku could break historical barriers that hold back education from playing a… Read more »

Africa: Don't Lock Us Out of Negotiating Table - Indigenous Communities

Delegates representing Indigenous people's rights have taken issue with the ongoing COP29 negotiations, calling for Parties to include text and language that promote Indigenous… Read more »

Africa: Money Talks - Why COP29 New Collective Quantified Goal On Climate Finance Matters

The industrial revolution set the ball rolling towards global warming. Today, developing nations are on the frontlines of a climatic carnage and its snowballing effects. Developed… Read more »

Africa: Peace Talks--Delegates Turn to Climate Summit for Insights Into What Really Makes People Safe

At a time when the COP29 summit is primarily focused on climate finance as a tool to cool catastrophically high global temperatures and reverse consequences for all life on earth,… Read more »

Sudan: 'The International Community Must Stop Turning a Blind Eye to the Suffering of Sudanese Women'

Content warning: this interview contains details some readers may find distressing. Read more »

Africa: The World Depends On a Healthy Southern Ocean

It is a hectic week for UN environmental conservation talks with simultaneous meetings occurring around the world: Climate change negotiations are entering their second week in… Read more »

Africa: COP29 - Ambitious Climate Finance Goal Is Not Enough - the Funds Must Also Reach the Right Communities

The 29th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP29) currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, is a key global milestone for agreeing on a new compromise to reduce emissions and… Read more »

Africa: Methane Mitigation At COP29 - Pathways to Climate Action

Methane emissions have emerged as a focal point of discussion as global leaders congregate at COP29 in Baku to tackle the escalating climate crisis. Read more »

Africa: Youth Protest At COP29 - 'We Will Not Standby to Inherit Dead Planet'

"We cannot rely on capitalistic logic to serve our fight for liberation. More investments will not build houses after floods because it's not profitable. Corporations will not… Read more »

Africa: Breakthroughs, Setbacks in COP29's First Week of Ambitious Pursuit of Climate Consensus

It has been a high-profile packed agenda in Baku, Azerbaijan, marked by milestone events designed to complete the first enhanced transparency framework and the new collective… Read more »

Africa: Climate Finance Loans a Disaster for Climate-Burdened African Communities

African environmental activists at the ongoing climate summit (COP29) in Baku have called on climate financiers to stop suffocating poor countries with unbearable loans in the name… Read more »

Africa: Building Resilience - Spotlight On Poorest, Rural Communities Amid COP29 Competing Priorities

Life in remote, marginal areas, drylands and deserts is increasingly becoming difficult because rural people are in the crosshairs of an unprecedented climate onslaught. A… Read more »

Ethiopia: Women, Indigenous Communities Must Lead Climate Finance Allocations At COP29 - Plan International Global Director

Plan International, a global leader in advocating for children's rights and gender equality, sees the need for women and Indigenous people to be at the forefront of climate… Read more »

Africa: COP29 Negotiators Urged to Define Financial Path to Education for Climate-Affected Children

Directly destroying schools and learning materials, climate shocks are increasingly taking away the right to education. A staggering 400 million students globally experienced… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Demands - Continent's COP29 Irreducible Minimums Amid Release of First Draft Text

As expected, climate finance has taken center stage in Baku COP29 in a bid to renew the global focus on finance as a means to transform climate ambitions into tangible, sustainable… Read more »

Africa: French-Speaking African Nations Bartering Natural Resources for Russian Arms

At the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the southern coastal city of Sochi, seeking to deepen political and business ties with African… Read more »

Africa: From the Biodiversity COP16 to the Climate COP29 - Building Equitable Accountability, Alignment, and Adequacy On Finance

The United States just went through its most consequential election. While the outcome raises questions about what the re-election of Trump means for U.S. engagement in global… Read more »

Africa: COP29 - African Countries Must Wake Up From 'Distributed Carbon Emission Guilt' to People-Centered Climate Action

Global warming is no longer just an issue for the environment but a crisis of life itself. Yet, African governments' climate action strategies, specifically those submitted under… Read more »