The global debate on AI’s impact on jobs often overlooks African workers, many of whom are not tech professionals. In Kenya, 2.5 million jobs – especially clerical and skilled roles – face significant ...

There are high expectations that COP30 will adopt a package to measure progress on climate adaptation. But several elements must fall in place for a decision that is robust.

Hopes are high that Brazil will deliver the long-awaited breakthrough on agriculture and food systems. But every time a COP ends, energy and enthusiasm for reform recedes. Will this COP be any ...

These kinds of sessions show the COP at its best: firm positions, clearly articulated, but a willingness to find 'bridges' which reconcile positions and allow a way forward. But these are the easy ...

A new report unpacks how Pacific islands’ experiences could provide a touchstone for pressing adaptation talks at COP30.

COP30 marks ten years since the gavel went down on the Paris Agreement. 2015 was a high point for global ambition on climate and development, with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted two ...

With just one week left before COP30 kicks off in Belém, the much-anticipated 'Baku to Belém Roadmap' has finally been published. It recognises that adaptation finance should be dramatically scaled - ...

This working paper contributes to a research series exploring the politics of anti-gender backlash, sharing insights from three country contexts: Kenya, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

Funding cuts are having an immediate impact on refugee-led organisations (RLOs) and the communities they serve. Despite this, RLOs are finding ways to continue meeting the long-term needs of their ...

A country platform must be tailored to specific fiscal conditions and by way of enhancing growth, expanding access to capital markets and improving the terms of which it can access finance, improve ...

The ‘Baku to Belem Roadmap to $1.3tn’, published this week in advance of COP30, poses a direct challenge to the UNFCCC’s climate finance negotiators.

Guests look ahead to what success would look like at COP30, at a time when climate ambition is being tested by disinformation and geopolitical tensions.