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Developing countries and labour rights activists say a fair global shift away fossil fuels requires international support – but work on a concrete UN plan has fallen behind climatechangenews.com/2024/12/18/aft…

Donald Trump, a notorious climate change sceptic, is set to initiate his second term as the US president next January 20th. What does this mean for climate action? 🧵

Brazil appoints veteran climate diplomat André Corrêa do Lago as COP30 president Corrêa do Lago has been Brazil’s chief climate negotiator since 2023. 🧵

All but one of South Africa’s nine provinces have limited or no plans to support communities and local workers through a green transition. Here's the story 🧵👇

🇿🇦Presidential Climate Commission's Blessing Manale told us that “there is a disjoint between national and local policies “, despite the country’s strong climate commitments and its aim to ensure that the risks and opportunities in the transition are “equitably shared”.

Presidential Climate Commission The new report also found that the climate plans of some global brands – including Apple, Amazon and Google as well as some automakers – in South Africa show limited engagement with just transition commitments, especially with having specific plans to support communities and

American billionaire Michael Bloomberg has announced his philanthropy and other climate funders will step in to cover US financial obligations to the United Nations climate body after President Donald Trump ordered a halt to contributions.

South Africa was the first country to sign a JETP, but how are just transition strategies of major entities progressing? New SouthSouthNorth and @NZT analysis highlights poorer groups at risk of being left behind, writes Vivian Chime at Climate Home News. buff.ly/4hu33vl

1/ 🚨 Climate change contributed to turning Los Angeles into a tinderbox for deadly fires, making the dry conditions that fuelled the fires 35% more likely, scientists found.

World Weather Attribution 4/ The ried-out plants fuelled fires that were spread rapidly by high winds and which a fire service with inadequate water supplies struggled to contain, the study found. Fire-prone conditions have lengthened by about 23 extra days each year. buff.ly/4aEtnAI

4/ To meet the Mission 300 goals, a first batch of 12 countries presented national energy compacts with detailed targets to scale up electricity access through renewable energy and strategies to boost regional integration and attract the private sector. climatechangenews.com/2025/01/29/afr…

Shell has avoided paying compensation for nearly 2 million sham carbon credits it supported in China. Matteo Civillini reports that Verra has been unable to hold the world’s largest offsets buyer to account for the scandal. Read more climatechangenews.com/2025/01/31/she…

Across Africa, growing numbers of drivers are converting their vehicles to run on compressed natural gas (CNG). There are long lines in some countries, as the supply network struggles to keep pace with surging demand. Learn more 👇

🗣 The environmental benefits of this African shift to gas for transport are, however, hotly contested. CNG is a fossil fuel – natural gas –, and critics say that its deployment will detract from efforts to run vehicles on clean electricity. climatechangenews.com/2025/02/04/afr…

3/ Vivian Chime with @climatehome will on Thurs, 13 Feb, address how media, and environmentalists can collaborate to simplify climate issues for grassroots audiences, fact-check myths and train radio journalists for accurate climate reporting. Click bit.ly/3CtU12W

The US has officially withdrawn $4B in promised climate finance—an unprecedented move that puts critical adaptation and mitigation projects in developing countries at risk. buff.ly/4jKss68

The DRC government has announced a massive “Green Corridor” conservation project, spanning 2,600 km and covering over 540,000 km² of tropical forest. But Indigenous groups say they were not consulted and fear the project could threaten their land rights. 🧵

With no clear implementation plan, Indigenous leaders and rights advocates are calling for transparency. “We have not been contacted in advance,” Mutimanwa said. “How can this project protect nature if it ignores the people who live in it?” climatechangenews.com/2025/02/14/drc…

Valentine's Day a costlier affair as rising heat hits West Africa cocoa production climatechangenews.com/2025/02/14/val… #GlobalWarming #agriculture Climate Home News

“Lenders including Afreximbank are backing Uganda’s EACOP project, while publicly talking up their support for a just energy transition” ⁦Vivian Chime⁩ & ⁦Matteo Civillini⁩ #Africa #ClimateCrisis #ClimateScam #FossilFuels climatechangenews.com/2025/03/28/afr…