Climate
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SBTi’s controversial shift has given a new lifeline to the carbon offset ruse
The climate target body should follow the science and limit the use of carbon offsets to where there is really no other way. Update: ... -
“You can’t wake up today and tell Africans to stop cooking with fire”
African Arguments spoke to Namibia’s Industrialisation and Trade Minister about industrial strategy, unjust trade, and green hydrogen controversies. Namibia exports mostly unprocessed goods – ... -
Here are 3 steps governments can take to reduce risks of green grabs
What can governments do to mitigate the risks carbon offsets can pose to rights, livelihoods, food security, and ecosystems? In recent years, the pace ... -
South Africa’s new pro-coal pro-corporate environment minister
South Africa’s environmental justice movement will have its work cut out challenging the interests of fossil capital under the unity government. There are huge ... -
Malawi’s farmers on the front line of climate change-related storms
In one of the countries most vulnerable to extreme weather, mostly women farmers are struggling after losing land, livestock, and livelihoods. According to the ... -
“All is lost”?: Cameroon’s controversial logging in biodiverse Ebo forest
Why has the government awarded a logging concession in the mega biodiverse Ebo forest to a little-known company? When Yetina Victor last visited the ... -
A united Africa is now the only path to the climate justice
In the face of some nations’ foot-dragging tactics, a pan-African front is all the more imperative, writes the chair of the African Group of ... -
“He didn’t allow me”: Gender and the Great Green Wall
Experiences in northeast Nigeria suggest women struggle to participate in climate initiatives unless gender dynamics are carefully integrated. In 2007, eleven African countries, including ... -
“The roof does all the work”: The rise of green roofs in Nairobi
Planting vegetation on buildings can bring many perks for those that can afford them, but the environmental benefits should not be overstated. The apartment ... -
“Patience is running out”: Did Bonn make progress on climate finance?
An expert panel give their verdict on critical climate negotiations at the just-concluded conference in Bonn. A gruelling two weeks of climate negotiations concluded ...
