The African Development Bank is among the entities and climate advocacy groups on the continent to express disappointment at the essential failure of the COP25 talks in Madrid, which – despite lasting an extra two days – ended with no meaningful commitments from wealthy nations to act on carbon emissions…
Leading climate activists with the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance presented the continent’s concerns during a COP25 panel discussion in Madrid on Tuesday, underscoring the priority that Africa must be during climate negotiations. Eugene Nforngwa, the Cameroonian environmental journalist and development specialist, led the panel of five African leaders calling on…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Thousands of climate activists across Africa participated Saturday in the global RISE for Climate marches, as people from 95 countries on six continents took to the streets to demand action on a sustainable future for all. The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), one of Africa’s leading civil society environmental…
Climate activists gathered at COP23 in Bonn, Germany, walked out Monday as the United States government made an official presentation touting the role of coal in a sustainable energy future. Activists with SustainUS who coordinated the protest said more than 100 people walked out of the U.S. session. “This White…
African climate activists attending the COP23 conference in Bonn are vocal about condemning United States President Donald Trump and the U.S. pullout from the 2015 global Paris climate agreement. The U.S. is now the only country on earth refusing to honor the accord, which went into effect last October after…
The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), based in Kenya, has renewed its call for the African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) to move forward as an African-led organization without the interference of France and the European Union. “The European Union and French Government are interested in imposing and deviating from…