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Dismantle green colonialism and stop the greed of corporates and Northern governments

The fight for climate justice must include the people who are most affected, including those in the Arab region

  • Des Erasmus
8 min read
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?

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
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

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
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

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
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

  • Eyaaz
4 min read