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
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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?”