Africa
Morocco climate summit faces funding drought due to EU spat
NEWS: Brussels is withholding €12m contribution to COP22 in a diplomatic row over Rabat’s claim on Western Sahara
Climate diplomacy delivered Paris: Now it’s time to up the stakes
COMMENT: Gambian Minister Pa Ousman Jarju says there’s a continued need for climate diplomacy and ambitious climate action
Looming Ethiopia famine highlights vulnerability to climate change
NEWS: Aid agencies warn food could run out for millions as failed rains stoked by El Nino ruin crops in east Africa
Zimbabwe: Lessons in how not to prepare for climate change
ANALYSIS: Robert Mugabe blames global warming for drought and crop failures, but failures to invest in irrigation, forecasting and more resilient seeds have exacerbated crisis
Morocco opens first stage of vast solar power plant
NEWS: Noor 1 concentrated solar plant will provide enough electricity for more than a million homes when finished
EU-funded deforestation clampdown in Africa ‘flawed’
NEWS: Expanding protected areas in DR Congo and Liberia could blow donors’ budgets, displace hundreds of thousands of people and fuel conflict, says NGO
Africa needs digital revolution to handle climate change – World Bank
NEWS: Governments, local communities and farmers need better weather data, says top funder as part of drive to get planet connected to internet by 2020
Pandemics, killer robots and climate change ‘urgent’ security fears
NEWS: Mass migration and resource wars billed as potential consequences if governments ignore potential of Paris deal and Earth keeps warming
Kyte: Universal energy access possible by early 2020s
NEWS: Sustainable Energy 4 All chief says major strides in clean energy, efficiency and finance mean target of powering entire planet is closer than ever
Africans asked to raise billions for energy access plan
DAVOS 2016: Governments urged to radically boost energy investment under African Development Bank strategy to bring light to 645 million
Aid slump for world’s poorest is bad news for climate fight
ANALYSIS: New figures from OECD show that while overall aid funding is rising, help for the 48-strong Least Developed Countries is dropping
Seychelles dodges ‘debt hole’ with pledge to protect oceans
NEWS: Climate ambassador of tiny island nation hails innovative debt swap in return for agreement to safeguard vast area of sea
Oxfam: ‘Unprecedented’ humanitarian crisis unfolding in Africa
NEWS: Aid agency says increased funding essential to provide drought victims with food, water as impacts linked to El Nino and climate change start to bite
Nigeria budget signals shift away from oil dependence
NEWS: African oil exporter must rebalance its economy, president Muhammadu Buhari argues in 2016 budget speech
Changing climate swells tide of migrants
NEWS: Report coinciding with the UN’s International Migrants Day says that climate change is one of several factors increasing the flow of refugees worldwide
In Morocco, ‘innovation’ will drive 2016 climate summit
NEWS: Minister urges governments to maintain drive and momentum through next year and ensure decisions taken in Paris are implemented
Africa’s green belt gets greenbacks to halt spreading Sahara
NEWS: France’s Francois Hollande and donors put up $4 bn for band of trees stretching 7,100km from Djibouti to Dakar
COP21: What do countries want from a Paris climate deal?
ANALYSIS: China, the EU, US, small island states and the least developed countries outline what they want to see in a proposed global agreement
South Sudan, world’s youngest country, submits climate plan
NEWS: Post-conflict state promises to plant 20 million trees as contribution to UN deal, says greenhouse gas analysis will take more time
Somalia climate plan targets illegal charcoal trade
NEWS: Exports to Gulf states cause deforestation and fund militias in unstable African country, says submission to UN