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Webinar recap: What does Africa expect from COP28?
On Friday, 3 November, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) organised a webinar called What does Africa expect from COP28? This webinar discussed the main priorities and expectations of the African people from COP28. We heard three perspectives from a Policy Advisor specialising in Climate Loss and Damage, a youth advocate and a sustainable Energy… Read more, Notably, Africa, responsible for a mere 2.8% of global fossil fuel emissions between 1850 and 2021, is the least culpable. In contrast, OECD countries Russia and China collectively account for over three-quarters of historic fossil fuel emissions. Even today, Africa's territorial emissions from fossil fuels in 2021 stand at just 4.0%. The… Read more, Climate finance commitments from the global North to Africa During the African Climate Summit, the Nairobi Declaration was signed with a pledge to increase the energy capacity from 56GW to 300GW of renewable energy generation by 2030. However, achieving this target would require an estimated six hundred billion dollars, a considerable amount… Read more
COP28 Reality Check: Collaborative Insights on Climate Priorities for Africa
Co-author by Lina Ahmed, a Policy Advisor specialising in Climate Loss and Damage at Germanwatch; Michael Kakande, the Chairperson of The Resilient40; and Sandile Mtetwa, Sustainable Energy Specialist, Next Generation Foresight Practitioner and Research Associate at Integrated Africa Power. The COP28 discussions are increasingly vital in… Read more
مقدمة بقلم محمد إبراهيم - السياق المناخي الفريد لأفريقيا: الأقل مسؤوليةً وقدرةً على التحمُّل نظراً لانخفاض مستويات التنمية الاقتصادية
إن بناء الأنظمة الاقتصادية المتقدمة عمليةٌ مثقلة بالانبعاثات. فنظراً لانخفاض مستواها الإنمائي، تتحمل أفريقيا أقل قدرٍ من المسؤولية عن أزمة المناخ. غير أن انخفاض مستوى التنمية الاقتصادية لأفريقيا يعني أيضاً أنها المنطقة الأقل قدرةً على تحمُّل الآثار الضارة لأزمة المناخ. ومن المتعذر تحقيق الأهداف الإنمائية في أفريقيا، سواء كانت أهداف التنمية… Read more
Mo's Foreward - Africa’s unique climate context: least responsible and resilient due to lower levels of economic development
Building developed economies is an emissions-laden process. Due to its lower level of development, Africa is the least responsible for the climate crisis. But this lower level of economic development also means that Africa is the least resilient region to the adverse impacts of the climate crisis. Achieving development goals in Africa, whether the… Read more
Prefácio por Mo Ibrahim - Contexto climático único de África: o menos responsável e resiliente em virtude dos níveis inferiores de desenvolvimento económico
A construção de economias desenvolvidas é um processo saturado de emissões. Devido ao seu nível inferior de desenvolvimento, África é a região menos responsável pela crise climática. Mas este nível inferior de desenvolvimento económico também significa que África é a região menos resiliente aos impactos adversos da crise climática. A concretização… Read more
New report: Africa's priorities for COP28
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released a comprehensive report titled Africa on the road to COP28: reconciling climate & development. The report outlines three pivotal priorities for the African continent as it gears up for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), scheduled to take place in… Read more
Spotlight - Towards gender equality in Africa: data, challenges, and opportunities
The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) monitors gender equality in Africa through one of its 16 sub-categories, evaluating women's political power and representation, equal rights and civil liberties, socioeconomic opportunities, equal access to public services, and laws on violence against women. Women’s Equality: substantial… Read more, Africa: Women's Equality indicator trends (2012-2021) , 42 African countries have higher levels of equality for women than in 2012 Despite better legal protection for women, violence persists Improvements in gender equality in Africa, in line with the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Maputo Protocol, have been achieved through… Read more, The high prevalence of child marriage is a barrier to girls’ education and socioeconomic prospects Child marriage is another form of gender-based violence prevalent on the continent. Poverty is recognised as the main cause of child marriage, as it is often seen as the only way for girls to gain financial security and ease the burden of expenses… Read more, Poverty ‘still has a woman’s face’, and current crises risk worsening the situation As UN Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out in 2020 at the High-Level Meeting on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in Africa in Addis Ababa, poverty in the world ‘‘still has a woman's face’’. The situation was aggravated by the COVID-19… Read more
Mo Ibrahim Foundation statement on COP 28
We commend the first explicit commitment in the history of COPs to transition away from fossil fuels within energy systems, in order to achieve net zero by 2050 globally. We equally commend the acknowledgement of the need for a just and equitable transition and the recognition of the role of transitional fuels. This allows a chance to reconcile… Read more
Déclaration de la Fondation Mo Ibrahim sur la COP 28
Nous saluons le tout premier engagement explicite dans l’histoire des COPs pour une transition hors des énergies fossiles dans les systèmes énergétiques. Nous saluons également la reconnaissance de la nécessité de transitions justes, ordonnées et équitables, et la reconnaissance du rôle des énergies de transition. Cela permet de réconcilier… Read more
