Women members of a farming cooperative, Ivory Coast. Photo by Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Care work forms the often invisible infrastructure of all life.… Read More »Climate Projects Overlook ‘Invisible’ Care Work: Here’s Why It Matters
The United Nations’ 29th annual climate change conference of the parties, COP29, ended with countries from the global north committing US$300 billion per year in… Read More »How COP29 Failed Africa: Unpacking the Climate Financing Shortfall and What’s Next
As COP 29 approaches in Baku, Azerbaijan, the planet itself issues a resounding wake-up call. From the destruction of Hurricanes Milton and Helene in Florida… Read More »Building a Future That Withstands the Storm: Africa’s Infrastructure Challenge in a Changing Climate
In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also… Read More »Driving Growth: What Africa Needs to Expand Its Electric Vehicle Sector
As the annual UN climate conference, Cop29, draws to a close, negotiators, civil society observers and activists are staying up late, poring over draft texts… Read More »COP29: Indigenous Communities Overlooked in Global Carbon Market Regulation Talks
Negotiations at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are entering their second week after things… Read More »COP29: Achieving Net Zero Requires Returning Carbon to the Ground
Climate change and biodiversity policies have largely evolved in isolation, even though the two crises are deeply intertwined. They have their own UN summits, with… Read More »The Interwoven Crises of Climate and Biodiversity: Avoiding a Harmful Divide
Since the Industrial Revolution, country after country has turned to fossil fuels to power their transport and industry. Now the bill is coming due. Huge… Read More »Developing Nations Contribute Least to Climate Change but Suffer Most: Will COP29 Address This Injustice?”
The realities of climate change are hitting home for many people living in the global south. Food security, water access and health have been jeopardised… Read More »Empowering Women: A Key to a Just Transition in the Face of Climate Change
The annual United Nations Conference of the Parties global climate change meetings play a pivotal role in elevating climate conversations. They’re often accompanied by intense… Read More »Bridging the Gap: How Climate Change Reporting Can Better Address People’s Real Concerns