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The Green Exchange Window is being launched under the Rwanda Stock Exchange, in partnership with the Kigali International Financial Centre, as part of the country’s broader roadmap toward sustainable finance which was unveiled at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates. (Wikipedia)

Africa’s moment to green its capital markets

Critically, we are looking at connecting real capital to real needs. When a green bond enables a utility company to invest in clean energy, it means more households can access affordable energy

South Africa, the world’s seventh-largest coal producer, faces a climate challenge that has largely flown under the radar: methane emissions from coal mines.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Governments’ fossil fuel production plans threaten Paris climate goals, new report warns

It finds that the fossil fuel output will exceed 1.5°C limit by 120% by 2030

Warning: Destroyed buildings after an Israeli air strike in a residential area of the Al-Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza, on 13 December 2023. Photo: Ahmad Salem/Getty Images

Climate crisis, imperialism intertwined with Palestine genocide

Like all wars, Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza with the backing of other imperialist countries and their industrial-military complex exacerbates the ecological and climate crisis

Uwen Garae surveys his destroyed house on March 16, 2015 in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Cyclone Pam hit the South Pacific islands with hurricane-force winds, huge ocean swells and flash flooding. (Photo by Dave Hunt-Pool/Getty Images)

Commonwealth urges immediate action to support vulnerable island nations

A cyclone, or a hurricane, can knock a small or at-risk country off its growth trajectory for years, if not decades

Freedom: A woman holds a placard that reads ‘Journalism is a crime in Azerbaijan’ on International Women’s Day. Journalists Sevinj Vagifgizi, Nargiz Absalamova and Elnara Gasimova were arrested in the Abzas Media case that investigated state corruption. Photo: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images

Déjà vu for the next UN climate change conference

An oilman and a fossil fuel nation as the host, plus a regressive organising team. Sound familiar?

TotalEnergies (formerly known as Elf, and then Total) was, in 1971, aware of the harmful effects of global warming caused by burning fossil fuels. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Countdown for Mozambique mega gas project quickens

TotalEnergies is preparing for the resumption in early 2024 of its stalled $23 billion liquified natural gas project

South Africa needs to change its top-down approach, consult communities and fast track the delayed Integrated Energy Plan

Localise the just energy transition for Africans

We should prioritise adopting practical and binding measures that reflect the realities and perceptions of people living on the continent

Heritage: Young activists at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates call for the end of fossil fuel use, financing for the loss and damage fund and a
secure future for them and the generations to come. Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images

Teeny steps taken at COP28 to move away from fossil fuel

From a promising start to a timid end, this year’s Conference of the Parties hasn’t delivered enough This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

South Africa, the world’s seventh-largest coal producer, faces a climate challenge that has largely flown under the radar: methane emissions from coal mines.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The future still fuelled by oil, coal despite feted COP28 deal

Despite the progress made at COP28, many gaps and loopholes must still be plugged

Inertia: Collins Nzovu, chairperson of the African group of negotiators on climate change, criticised the limited progress on the crucial issue of adaptation at COP28. Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images

Adaptation to climate change ‘sacrificed’ at COP28 – at the cost of the African continent

The Global Goal on Adaptation is a playbook for how the world will respond to the climate emergency

The president of COP28, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, is also the chief executive of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Photo: Beata Zawrzel/Getty Images

Editorial: COP28 a compromise we’ll pay for

Why do fossil fuels have a voice and space at the Conference of the Parties in Dubai?

Fuelling destruction: A protest at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images

People power needed to boot the fox out of the henhouse

The influence of proponents of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate conference represents a dangerous conflict of interests

COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Pressure mounts on COP28 president as fossil fuel debate sizzles

Battle lines have previously been drawn on whether to agree to ‘phase out’ or ‘phase down’ fossil fuels

About 70% of the 80 billion animals raised annually for consumption are confined to factory farms, which account for at least 11% of global emissions. (Tesson/Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Factory farming is making the climate crisis worse, report finds

About 70% of the 80 billion animals raised annually for consumption are confined to factory farms, which account for at least 11% of global emissions, it says This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

A view at the Expo City ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 27, 2023. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

UAE fossil fuel sector is a severe health hazard, says Human Rights Watch

The international nongovernmental organisation raised health concerns at the climate change conference in Dubai

John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President of the COP28 UNFCCC Climate Conference, and Xie Zhenhua, Chinese Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs, attend a session between the U.S., China, UAE and Nigeria on the global need to reduce methane emissions during day two of the high-level segment of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference at Expo City Dubai on December 02, 2023 in Dubai. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Loss and damage climate fund: Rich countries give with one hand, take with the other

If history is anything to go by, a lot of the money will go to consultancies and organisations in the global north

Al Gore, environmentalist and former vice president of the United States, presents the Climate TRACE global greenhouse gases emissions database on day four of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference on December 03, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

At COP28, Al Gore takes aim at host UAE’s emissions

Speaking in the main plenary room of the COP28 site, Gore pointed to huge monitors showing satellite images of the major emitting sites in the UAE

An event banner outside the Al Wasl dome in the Green Zone ahead of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Photo: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

COP28 launches loss and damage fund

Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and the UAE, plus the European Union, have committed $420 million to the fund, with contributions from other countries expected This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

A construction worker carries materials in front of an event sign on the opening day of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Photo: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

COP28 no place to boost fossil fuels, says ex-UN climate boss

The UN climate negotiations are expected to feature a showdown on the future of fossil fuels

Path-finders: The state of finances in Mpumalanga municipalities will take centre stage in shaping the path of the Just Energy Transition. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Are municipalities good for just energy transition money?

Financing for the JET is increasing, but is being undermined by indebted municipalities in Mpumalanga that are not bankable