A summary of how Africa has fared at COP so far (as of Dec 14)

These are new announcements made in the second week of COP28.

Media Monitoring, Thursday 14 December

UK commits £7.4 million to aid Somalia’s climate resilience through AfDB's Disaster Risk Financing Programme

Deals and announcements from Nairobi Climate Network members during COP

Media Monitoring, Wednesday 13 December

BURN Sells Africa’s First Cook-Stove Carbon Credit Futures, COP28: African countries put their foot down on GGA on final day

Media Monitoring, Tuesday 12 December

Rwanda secures $250 million from AfDB to bolster water and sanitation access while ITOCHU Corporation and Hive Hydrogen South Africa partner for green ammonia production

Media Monitoring, Monday 11 December

A record 282 million people are undernourished in Africa due to climate change, FAO reports, Kenya positions itself as Africa's climate champion

Media Monitoring, Friday 8 December

Green Climate Fund allocates USD 100 million to tackle food loss in African nations at COP28 while Loss and Damage Fund falls far short of needed funds at COP28

Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Frannie Leautier is the CEO of SouthBridge Investments and a former Vice-President at the World Bank.

The sun shines in unexpected places (transforming the solar sector)

Sunshine is not distributed equally across Africa, and nor is the solar sector.

If Africa is a solar superpower in the making, who will be the winners?

Africa has 60% of the planet’s solar potential but only 1% of its installed capacity. The latest announcements at COP will change that. But the likely winners are not the usual suspects.

A summary of how Africa has fared at COP so far (as of Dec 7)

COP28 is halfway done yet the big decisions in Dubai have not yet been made.

Media Monitoring, Thursday 7 December

Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp, Creecy launches SA’s R1.5 trillion green energy transition plan