Call for climate reparations at the International Court of Justice
28/11/2024: The historic hearings on climate change at the International Court of Justice may help advance the case for climate reparations. The Court has a unique opportunity to affirm that accountability for climate damage is a matter of obligation and justice — not charity.
Source: Climate Home News
What was decided at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?
27/11/2024: The UN summit’s outcomes were contested and widely seen as inadequate to tackle the urgency of the climate crisis. From a controversial climate finance deal to a new global carbon market, here are the main outcomes.
Source: Climate Home News
COP29 failed Bangladesh and the global south
27/11/2024: A policy analyst from Christian Aid in Bangladesh explains why the COP29 outcome fails to remedy the climate injustice suffered in her country and others. The promise that rich countries will provide $300 billion per annum of climate finance is insufficient to deliver the transition to a low carbon future.
Source: Devex
Internal displacement in Africa triples in 15 years
26/11/2024: Africa hosts 35 million internally displaced people, nearly half of the global total, according to a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Most displacement is driven by rising levels of conflict and violence, concentrated in just five countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan.
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Verdicts from Africa on the “shameful” COP29 climate talks
25/11/2024: A panel of African experts, negotiators, and activists offer their reaction to the "finance" COP which was supposed to reset the target for financial support from the richest countries.
Source: African Arguments
Global South slams proposal for $250bn climate finance goal
22/11/2024: The draft text for the post-2025 climate finance goal offers a core $250 billion a year by 2035, far below what developing country groups have been asking for in the three years of talks. This new public finance target would contribute to a wider goal of at least $1.3 trillion a year by 2035 “from all public and private sources”.
Source: Climate Home News
World Food Programme reports worsening global food security
22/11/2024: According to the Global Outlook 2025 published by the World Food Programme, hunger continues to rise, with 343 million people across 74 countries experiencing acute food insecurity – a 10 per cent increase from last year. Funding shortfalls in 2024 forced the agency to scale back activities, often leaving some of the most vulnerable behind.
Source: UN News
A quarter of DRC population continue to face hunger
21/11/2024: There are 25.6 million people who continue to face crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to latest reports. The World Food Programme faces a critical funding gap of US$350 million over the next six months to provide essential food and nutrition assistance to the most vulnerable people.
Source: World Food Programme
Conflict zones grow by two thirds globally since 2021
21/11/2024: Conflict-affected areas across the world have grown 65% since 2021 to encompass 4.6% of the entire global landmass, up from 2.8% three years ago, according to the Conflict Intensity Index. The Middle East and Ukraine remain the most intense theatres of war. However, Africa’s ‘conflict corridor,’ which now spans 4,000 miles from Mali in the west to Somalia in the east, has doubled in size since 2021.
Source: Verisk Maplecroft
Palestine: ICC warrants revive hope for long-delayed justice
21/11/2024: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against senior Israeli leaders and a Hamas official, despite strong opposition. Israel has signed but not ratified the ICC treaty.
Source: Human Rights Watch