Two thirds of climate funding for Global South is loans
5/10/2025: New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Centre finds that nearly two thirds of climate finance was made as loans, often at standard rates of interest without concessions. Developed nations are profiting from these loans even as the impacts of fossil fuelled climate disasters on the poorest countries intensify.
Source: Oxfam International
Over 3,000 climate litigation cases are reshaping global climate policy
3/10/2025: Climate litigation is now being pursued across more countries than ever before, according to a new report. Climate litigation has evolved into a powerful global tool for advancing climate action, covering virtually all aspects of climate governance.
Source: UN Environment Programme
The Ganges River is drying faster than ever
24/9/2025: The Ganges is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in recorded history. Climate change, relentless extraction and damming are pushing the mighty river towards collapse, with consequences for food, water and livelihoods for hundreds of millions across South Asia.
Source: The Conversation
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached
24/9/2025: A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been breached, one more than last year. For the first time, Ocean Acidification has transgressed its Planetary Boundary.
Source: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Africa asserts agency at Ethiopia climate summit
19/9/2025: The Africa Climate Summit held in Ethiopia announced a total of $150 billion in homegrown financial commitments to African climate solutions. However, the Addis Ababa Declaration on Climate Change frames the climate crisis as an issue of economic justice, in which climate finance from historical polluters is a “legal obligation and not charity”.
Source: Dialogue Earth
World’s top court endorses compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
23/7/2025: Governments of countries that have driven global warming with their planet-heating emissions could be held legally accountable for the damage caused to other nations, after the International Court of Justice ruled that harming the climate is a breach of international law.
Source: Climate Home News
Green Climae Fund approves record $1.2 billion for projects
7/7/2025: Despite the Trump administration rescinding $4 billion in pledges, the Green Climate Fund aims to approve at least $3 billion in funding to organizations this year. It has adopted sweeping reforms to accelerate its accreditation system for organizations applying for funds.
Source: Devex
Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”
4/7/2025: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, urging states to regulate fossil fuels and corporate emissions. The ruling may influence the higher International Court of Justice in delivering an advisory opinion on the legal obligation of states to limit climate change later this year.
Source: Climate Home News
Disappointing outcome to Bonn climate negotiations
26/6/2025: On the conclusion of the 2025 UN Bonn climate meetings, Oxfam has expressed concern at rich countries’ continued refusal to accept responsibility for climate costs in the Global South.
Source: Oxfam International
Campaigners call for reforms to rescue UN climate process
23/6/2025: More than 200 climate campaign groups have issued a joint call for UN climate decisions to be adopted by majority voting rather than requiring consensus. At COP29 last year, developed countries watered down ambition on a new climate finance goal.
Source: Climate Home News