International public finance for fossil fuel projects declined by 78 per cent in 2024, marking a major milestone in the global transition away from dirty energy Despite reductions in fossil finance, renewable energy funding rose by only Sh 413.6 billion (USD 3.2 billion), less than one-fifth of the funds freed from fossil fuels. This slow pace threatens to stall the energy transition, particularly in vulnerable countries.

There is a particular cruelty to Africa's climate reality. A continent that has contributed less than four percent of the world's historical greenhouse gas emissions is absorbing the worst of what climate change delivers, floods that swallow whole communities, droughts that hollow out harvests, cyclones that arrive earlier, linger longer, and leave deeper scars than before.