SA divided as billions of dollars pledged for climate fight

Other coal-dependent developing countries such as Botswana have not scored similar levels of financial support, even though they are required to also move away from coal, as part of global climate change commitments.

In fact, on Monday in his State of the Nation Address, President Mokgweetsi Masisi revealed that Botswana had secured just $30 million from the Green Climate Fund earlier this year, to implement agriculture-related adaptation interventions. The Green Climate Fund was established after developed nations pledged to contribute $100 billion per year from 2009 towards helping developing countries’ climate change initiatives and the energy transition.