Africa:   Continent Proposes Rescue Plan for Climate Deal

Nation, 16 December 2009

Ethiopian Prime Minister and head of African delegation Meles Zenawi, in partnership with France, has moved to a last-minute rescue plan to reach global climate deal as the ongoing… Read more »

Africa:   New Hope in Climate Talks as Continent Prepares for Battle

COP15, 16 December 2009

According to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the first sign of progress in the negotiations could be seen Wednesday with new proposals for climate change from African Union… Read more »

Africa:   Continent's Negotiators Walk Out of Climate Talks

Nation, 14 December 2009

African negotiators representing the continent in Copenhagen climate negotiations walked out from the ongoing deal, accusing rich nations of sidelining their minimum demands. Read more »

Africa:   Developing Countries Reject Europe's Climate Proposal

This Day, 12 December 2009

Coordinator of the Group of 77, Ambassadors Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping, yesterday at the ongoing 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Climate… Read more »

Nigeria:   EU Climate Aid Money 'Insignificant'-- 130 Developing Countries

Vanguard, 12 December 2009

DESPITE bickering between the United States and China over what to offer the world in terms of climate aid money, the 130 developing countries in the Group of (G77) have dismissed… Read more »

Africa:   Climate Change - Tutu, Others Lead Protest, 500 Arrested

This Day, 13 December 2009

About 30,000 protesters including a Nobel laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, yesterday took to the streets to demand for climate justice, urging all countries participating in the… Read more »

Africa:   Copenhagen Summit Enters Second Week

BuaNews, 14 December 2009

The marathon United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, has entered its second week today. Read more »

Africa:   Poor Countries Could Be Paid to Plant Trees

Nation, 10 December 2009

A proposal at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen that poor countries be paid for planting trees could spur Kenya's efforts to reclaim her forests. Read more »

Tanzania:   Sell 'Carbon Credits', Poor Nations Told

Citizen, 11 December 2009

Developing countries can effectively cut global emissions of heat-trapping gases while raising their incomes. That can be done through preventing deforestation. Read more »

Uganda:   States Seek Common Stand in Copenhagen

New Vision, 10 December 2009

African countries, including Uganda, are in around-the-clock consultations to hammer out a common position to counter a proposal by the developed countries, led by the host nation… Read more »

Africa:   U.S., China Clash Over Climate Change Funding

This Day, 11 December 2009

The two biggest polluters in the world, the United States and China have fallen out openly over who should benefit from climate change funds, at the ongoing 15th Conference of the… Read more »

Uganda:   Can Africa Reap Big From the Climate Summit?

Monitor, 11 December 2009

In response to the media reports about the UN Summit on Climate Change expectations for Africa, where world leaders will be committing themselves to invest more resources in the… Read more »

Africa:   'We Know Why We Are Dying' - Continent

IPS, 10 December 2009

Few are more aware of the devastating legacy failure will leave than the teams of African negotiators in the Danish capital to hammer out a final position. Read more »