Climate Justice Central

15/07/2026

Somewhere in Johannesburg, a worker in the energy sector is asking a question that nobody in Bonn has fully answered yet.

When the transition comes — will there be a job on the other side?

At SB64 Week 1 in Bonn, the Just Transition Work Programme was one of the most politically charged discussions on the agenda. Employment. Social protection. Economic diversification. Development pathways. All of it on the table — with parties holding fundamentally different visions of what just transition actually means.

African negotiators were consistent and clear: just transition must include poverty eradication, energy access, industrialisation and job creation. Not just emissions reductions.

That distinction matters enormously. Hundreds of millions of people across Africa still lack reliable electricity. Africa has not yet had the chance to industrialise on its own terms. A transition that asks Africa to phase out fossil fuels before it has had the chance to develop is not just — no matter how green it looks on paper.

This broader development framing increasingly distinguishes African positions from those focused primarily on emissions reductions. And it will be one of the clearest political divides heading toward COP31.

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14/07/2026

14/07/2026

80%. 90%. 63%.

Those are not exam results. They are the probabilities that should be on every front page right now. El Niño is back. And it’s getting stronger.

An 80% likelihood of El Niño during June–August 2026. A 90%+ probability it continues until at least November. And a 63% chance — according to NOAA — of a very strong event between November 2026 and January 2027.

According to the WMO’s global seasonal climate update, a strong El Niño event is projected for the period of July to September, which will increase the likelihood of heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfall.

For Africa it is not one climate story. It is going to be a much more varied impact — drought in Southern Africa, flooding in East Africa, heat stress nearly everywhere.

In parts of Southern Africa during the last El Niño, failed rains led to massive crop losses, leaving more than 20 million people at risk of acute food insecurity.

The numbers are clear. The question is whether we act before the peak — or after.

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07/07/2026

Trade is now a climate issue. And Africa is at risk of being on the wrong side of it.

At SB64 in Bonn, carbon border adjustments, climate trade regulations and green industrial policy emerged as a major new issue on the negotiating agenda.

The risks are clear — reduced export competitiveness, increased compliance costs, new trade barriers for developing countries.

The opportunities are also real — green industrialisation, value addition, regional manufacturing.

But none of those opportunities happen without one thing: development policy space. And that is exactly what African negotiators went to Bonn to protect.

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The rules are being written now — people need to know.

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02/07/2026

Vulnerable countries went to Bonn asking for one thing: a real seat to discuss Loss & Damage.

They didn’t get it.

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24/06/2026

📊 SB64 WEEK 1 CHEAT-SHEET: The Politics of Agriculture.
Want to know what went down behind closed doors regarding global food systems during Week 1 of ? Here is your quick text breakdown:
🔑 Key Themes Discussed: Food security, climate resilience, agriculture finance, technology transfer, agroecology, climate-smart agriculture, nature-based solutions, AI, and traditional knowledge systems.
📈 Positive Progress Made: Stronger discussions on dedicated finance for agriculture, greater attention to holistic food systems approaches, and a clear recognition that no single agricultural approach fits all regional contexts.
🛑 The Emerging Hurdles: Major friction remains over introducing carbon markets into agriculture and balancing tech-driven fixes against community-led solutions.
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23/06/2026

Women aren’t waiting to be saved. They’re building drought resilience. Growing climate-resilient food. Leading negotiations in Bonn. Running off-grid solar businesses across the continent.

SB64 Week 1 confirmed their leadership. It did not confirm the funding.

The Gender Action Plan exists. The finance to implement it does not. Grassroots women’s organisations are locked out of direct access. Accountability is weak. Commitments are made and rarely enforced.

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23/06/2026

They sat in Bonn. They agreed the climate crisis is real. They agreed action is urgent. Then, when it came to paying for it — silence, private sector suggestions, and blended finance buzzwords.

One thing was crystal clear: climate finance is the fault line that runs under every other negotiation.

Adaptation? Needs finance. Agriculture resilience? Needs finance. Gender-responsive climate policy? Needs finance. Just transition? Needs finance.

Developing countries — led by the African Group — have been consistent: without predictable, accessible, grant-based support, implementation is impossible. The gap between what’s needed and what’s on the table remains dangerously wide.

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16/06/2026

Today, we honour the courage of the youth who marched through the streets of Soweto in 1976 demanding dignity, justice and the right to shape their own future. They taught us that young people are not just leaders of tomorrow; they are powerful agents of change today.

Fifty years later, the struggle continues in new forms. Climate injustice, inequality, unemployment and exclusion still deny many young South Africans the future they deserve. To remember June 16 is not only to look back with gratitude, but to ask ourselves: What future are we building, and who gets to thrive in it?

The youth of ’76 refused to accept the world as it was. May this generation be bold enough to imagine and fight for a world that is fairer, greener and more just for all. ✊🏾🌍