Mozambique, one of Africa’s climate hotspots, faces droughts, floods and cyclones but lacks data, skilled experts and finance to adapt.
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Many small island developing states remain just one storm away from fiscal collapse and unsustainable debt.
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.
As climate change worsens, some states are backsliding on climate action. Next week, negotiators will gather in Brazil to try to restore flagging energy.
This week, The Conversation UK’s environment and business teams join forces to look into how we as consumers can make our money greener.
At its most basic level, sciencewashing entails using the vocabulary of science, and borrowing its authority, to claim sustainability outcomes.
Africa’s second climate summit agreed that climate finance to Africa must be a legal obligation and that every country on the continent should have a climate law.
Africa’s Second Climate Summit in Ethiopia will try to find ways to bring in more finance to help the continent adapt to climate change.
State-contingent debt instruments allow countries hit by economic and climate crises to restructure their debt repayments.
Planet Earth is living on borrowed time, a new global report reveals. The world must stop burning fossil fuels now and take urgent steps to reduce global warming.
Key climate finance terms explained by experts.
Investing in climate
adaptation is one of the smartest financial opportunities of our time
Instead of disconnected projects driven by external priorities, a country platform enables governments to set the agenda and direct finance to where it is needed.
South Africa has secured pledges of R218 billion to fund its transition away from coal-fired power and bring in renewable energy.
Researchers warn that South Africa and Chile should avoid taking out huge loans to set up green hydrogen industries.
Peter Dutton says co-hosting the 2026 UN climate summit is ‘madness’. But Australia would be mad to miss out on the benefits, including investment in renewables.
A new report by the non-profit organisation Action Aid calculates that wealthier countries owe Africa US$36 trillion in climate debt.
Reducing emissions, removing greenhouse gases, repairing ecosystems and building resilience are the four R’s that can save the planet.
African countries must start manufacturing their own renewable energy systems. Green industrialisation will boost the continent’s economic development.
Only 4% of funds earmarked for adaptation to climate change have been targeted for healthcare, childcare and long-term care facilities for the elderly,
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Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, University of Oxford
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Professor of Political Science, UCL
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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PhD Candidate in Climate Justice Policy, University of Warwick
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Research Fellow, Oxford Net Zero, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), University of Oxford
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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