Carlos Lopes

Climate conferences have a huge trust deficit: how to make COP28 deliver

Environment and Climate Change /

As countries prepare for COP28 summit scheduled for the end of the year in Dubai, the world has the opportunity to map a transition pathway that addresses over 14 years of unmet promises. This is particularly true when it comes to climate finance. The deficit of trust is colossal. It demands tangible, ambitious, predictable action. This won’t […]

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Calls for Global Financial Reform Grow Stronger

Urbanization, African Politics /

The recent Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact brought together world leaders to address the pressing need for a resilient and sustainable financial architecture. The summit discussions focused on critical issues such as debt restructuring, climate finance, international financial institution reforms, taxation, regional cooperation, and public-private partnerships. While the commitments made at the summit may

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How Europe’s Carbon Border Tax Could Help Africa

La taxe carbone européenne et l’Afrique

Environment and Climate Change, Africa Europe Relationship /

JOHANNESBURG – Entre autres mesures destinées à atteindre les objectifs de l’accord de Paris sur le climat, l’UE propose l’instauration d’une taxe carbone européenne, le Mécanisme d’ajustement carbone aux frontières (MACF), porteuse d’une promesse : une industrie plus propre et une réduction des émissions à l’intérieur et au-delà des frontières de l’Union. Fixant un prix aux émissions de

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How Europe’s Carbon Border Tax Could Help Africa

How Europe’s Carbon Border Tax Could Help Africa

Environment and Climate Change, Africa Europe Relationship /

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is designed to lower greenhouse-gas emissions and encourage cleaner industrial production beyond its borders. But the mechanism can achieve meaningful change only if it is implemented with developing countries’ unique challenges in mind. JOHANNESBURG – As the European Union pursues vigorous efforts to achieve its targets under the Paris

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La taxe carbone européenne et l’Afrique

Energy, Environment and Climate Change /

OHANNESBURG – Entre autres mesures destinées à atteindre les objectifs de l’accord de Paris sur le climat, l’UE propose l’instauration d’une taxe carbone européenne, le Mécanisme d’ajustement carbone aux frontières (MACF), porteuse d’une promesse : une industrie plus propre et une réduction des émissions à l’intérieur et au-delà des frontières de l’Union. Fixant un prix aux émissions

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La Sécheresse Des Liquidités En Afrique Rend Le Service De La Dette Effrayant

Planning and Finance /

Les effets combinés de la guerre commerciale entre les États-Unis et la Chine, imposée unilatéralement par le président américain Donald Trump, alors que le monde subissait encore les conséquences persistantes de la crise financière des subprimes de 2008-09, ont eu un fort impact sur les pays africains. Les principales exportations du continent sont les matières

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Helping Middle-Income Energy Exporters Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit

Energy, Environment and Climate Change /

Volatility in oil and gas markets has been devastating for middle-income energy exporters, which produce nearly half of the world’s oil and gas. As the world shifts to renewables, these countries must adopt strategies to ensure that the transition does not harm workers and communities. CAPE TOWN – The ongoing volatility in oil and gas

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Aquele Que Mantem A Esperança: Amílcar Cabral 

Demographic Change /

Num mundo turbulento o recurso à sapiência dos nossos referentes torna-se ainda mais premente. Quando nos lembramos dos ensinamentos de Amílcar Cabral damo–nos conta de como o global é tão local. Ouvimos falar da personalidade em termos de postura, comportamento, liderança, carisma. Tudo isso transparece nos vídeos, nas fotos ou áudios que registaram o homem,

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Africa needs to stick to renewables despite the temptation of gas

Energy, Environment and Climate Change /

What should Africa do with its gas? It’s a question that will be central to proceedings at COP27 in Egypt in November. And since the invasion of Ukraine, the issue has come into even sharper relief, as European leaders scrabble to work out how to ween their economies off cheap Russian oil and gas. And

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Falta ao Brasil liderança para promover o português globalmente

African Politics /

Dia da Língua Portuguesa Num mundo em turbulência o papel da diplomacia longe de ter esvanecido é cada vez mais importante. Os valores e os princípios da prática diplomática são o resultado de uma longa trajetória, influenciada por momentos às vezes pacíficos, outras vezes belicosos, marcados pelas relações de força. Temos, porém, muitos exemplos de

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