Vice President Dr Philip Mpango has urged African leaders to present a unified front in securing climate finance, stressing the importance of collective action to confront the growing threats posed by climate change. The message was delivered here yesterday on his behalf by Zanzibar Second Vice President, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla to delegates at the African...Read More

In new guidance, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) is promoting the use of carbon credits to camouflage the fact that companies grappling with their indirect (scope 3) emissions are off track to reach their commitments. But carbon credits must not replace direct emissions reductions, NGOs warn. The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI),...Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is aggressively rolling back climate protection policies. What will this mean for international net-zero emissions targets and the global energy transition? Since Donald Trump was elected U.S. president for the second time, the prospect of achieving a point of net-zero carbon emissions by midcentury has worsened. Given Trump’s systematic attacks...Read More

Sir Tony Blair has called for a major rethink of net zero policies, arguing that limiting energy consumption and fossil fuel production is “doomed to fail”. In a new report, the former Labour prime minister says voters “feel they’re being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle when they know the impact on...Read More