From COP27 to COP28 – key factors for Africa ahead of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Opinion Piece By:Tshepo Ntsane, Sustainable Finance Transactor at Rand Merchant Bank  The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) represents an important international forum for countries to gather to discuss and address global climate change issues. However, to date these conferences have tended to be high level and process based, and COP 27 was no exception. – negotiations took place and some of the highlights included the historic establishment of the loss and damage fund which was seen as setting a precedent…