Data shows that 20 African countries set a new record for the imports of solar panels, while 25 countries imported at least 100 MW In the last 12 months till June 2025, solar panel imports into Africa rose by 60%. The capacity imported hit 15,032 MW — a new record, according to a report by the energy think tank Ember.  This is important because the solar imports are at a scale that can impact and potentially change the electricity system of many countries. The year before, th

Renewables can deliver electricity at comparable costs to fossil-fuel generated power Power systems where wind and solar energy have higher percentages can reliably deliver electricity at costs comparable to or lower than today’s fossil fuel-based power systems in most parts of the world, according to a new report by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC).  In monetary terms, tropical countries with high potential for solar power could see electricity costs more than halve t

This is an abridged version of the interview first published in Chinese in Initium Media on April 7, 2025. The full interview in English can be found here in the substack Crunch Times.  Editor’s Note This interview with Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network (CAN) International, was conducted by Chinese journalist JIANG Yifan in late January 2025, just after COP29 ended in Baku. As countries prepare for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, CarbonCopy is publishing it

Even with appropriate funding, land-related pledges by 2030 will have to compete with alternative land development programmes. A new study revealed that 25% of emissions reductions pledged by countries rely on land based carbon-based mitigation and these reductions are in jeopardy. The research published in Nature stated that developing countries such as DRC, Indonesia, and Ethiopia’s ability to meet the land-based commitments in their climate plans-Nationally Determined Con

At the Loss & Damage Fund board meet in Cebu, developing nations called out rich countries for unpaid pledges, lack of transparency & slow disbursal “The bill for climate finance is due now,” said Harjeet Singh, founding director of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, kicking off a press conference held during the Sixth Meeting of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) at Cebu, Philippines. This sentiment was carried in the recorded video message of