One year on, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility remains work in progress
29/10/2026: Launched at the 2025 COP30 climate summit, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility promises eligible countries up to USD 4 a year for every hectare of standing forest, of which at least 20% must go to Indigenous peoples. Specific arrangements for the financial model remain work in progress.
Source: Dialogue Earth
Ultra-rich produce more carbon pollution than nearly half of humanity
27/10/2026: Ahead of the forthcoming UN climate summit (COP31), Oxfam has published findings that the world’s richest 0.1 percent (8 million people) produces more carbon pollution than the world’s poorest 3.5 billion people combined. Furthermore, the super-rich can buy their way out of the impacts of climate change, whilst profiting from the consequences of their pollution.
Source: Oxfam International
Anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre
22/10/2026: Google has been ordered by Finnish authorities to temporarily stop work on two data centre developments after it failed to complete the necessary environmental impact assessments. Revelations over Google’s misconduct have prompted public concern over what these deals mean for nearby communities.
Source: The Guardian
Humanitarian funding for El Niño critically insufficient
22/10/2026: Oxfam has warned that global funding for the preparation and response to El Niño, currently $450 million, is critically insufficient in relation to the harms it will bring to millions of people in lower income countries. By comparison, the appeal for previous strongest El Niño in 2015-2016 raised nearly $2 billion.
Source: Oxfam International
A lost year for climate finance at the World Bank
20/10/2026: The recent World Bank-IMF annual meetings were largely silent on the topic of climate change in the wake of the Bank's decision to remove the 45% climate target from its action plan. Environmentalists are concerned that, under pressure from the US, the Bank may redirect funds towards fossil fuel projects.
Source: Devex
Nigeria faces the world’s highest projected death toll from super El Niño
25/9/2026: Africa’s Sahel region is projected to face the greatest loss of life between now and February 2027 from the heat brought on by this year’s strong El Niño, with Nigeria, Sudan, Niger, and Chad potentially the worst affected. Each of these countries already experiences high rates of poverty.
Source: The Conversation
Nepal flood disaster puts climate justice under spotlight
4/9/2026: The disaster in Nepal has raised the question about who should bear the costs when the Himalayan nation contributes only a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions. The tragedy will accelerate pressure for loss and damage finance from countries carrying greater responsibility for climate change.
Source: DW
More evidence that poorest countries miss out on climate finance
24/7/2026: 14 countries, led by China and South Korea, have stepped up their contributions to global climate finance, despite no formal obligation under the Paris Agreement. However, new analysis by the World Resources Institute reveals that very little of this voluntary finance is reaching countries classified as least developed.
Source: Dialogue Earth
Africa’s struggle to add depth to climate journalism
21/7/2026: In African media, climate change reporting is often limited to disaster stories, at the expense of related global political and justice issues. Newsrooms need more time, money and independence.
Source: Dialogue Earth
Rich countries exaggerating climate finance provision by around $100 billion
8/7/2026: Governments reported mobilizing nearly $137 billion in climate finance in 2024 to help Global South countries respond to the climate crisis. This figure largely comprises loans at market rates of interest, representing no concessionary value to recipient countries.
Source: Oxfam International