May 23
Africa: Lessons From Youth-Focused 'Future Action Festival' Ahead of UN Summit of the Future
The world has crossed the halfway point to the end of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era amid multiple, unprecedented, and significantly destructive global shocks. Two of… Read more »
May 27
Africa: Explainer - Understanding Carbon Trading and Its Rationale
In this explainer, IPS takes a look at carbon emissions trading, which allows an entity, unable to reduce carbon emissions to the required limits, to pay someone who is not only… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Moves to Regulate Carbon Trading Amid Transparency Concerns in Global Market
Malawi is increasingly pitching carbon trading as a source of revenue it needs to bolster the economy, which is suffering from foreign exchange shortages caused by a large trade… Read more »
May 14
Africa: Bringing the World's Food Production in Line With Global Climate Goals
Food systems--how we grow, transport, prepare, and dispose of the food we eat--are responsible for roughly one-third of all global greenhouse gas emissions. And those gases are… Read more »
May 08
Zambia: Beyond the Fields - Unraveling Zambia's Drought Crisis and the Urgent Call for Climate-Health Solutions
For most families in Zambia, April is traditionally a month of plenty--it is typically the beginning of a harvest season for various food and cash crops. Both fresh and dried… Read more »
April 22
Africa: 'Toasting the World's Most Natural Talent' - UN Museum Campaign Recognizes Nature's Contributions to Music
Spearheaded by the Museum for the United Nations, a new campaign brings together music and ecology to spark people's interest and engagement in environmental conservation through… Read more »
April 24
Africa: Rich Nation Hypocrisy Accelerating Global Heating
Rich nations' climate hypocrisy is accelerating global heating, pushing the planet closer to irreversible catastrophe, with its worst consequences borne by the poorest, both… Read more »
April 12
Africa: The Climate Alarm Is Ringing - It's Time to Stop Silencing It
The heat records keep tumbling - 2023 was the hottest year in recorded history. Extreme weather events keep mounting up. And yet the voices most strongly calling for action to… Read more »
Africa: Food Security and Food Safety in Africa Must Go Hand in Hand
Monica Musonda, CEO, Java Foods, and Board Member, Partners in Food Solutions (PFS) Read more »
April 11
Africa: Women Affected By 'Gender-Biased' Climate Change Deserve Justice
While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice. Read more »
March 12
Africa: Pollution - a Threat to Our Groundwater Resources
Groundwater pollution significantly affects the prevalence of waterborne diseases. This form of pollution occurs when hazardous substances, such as pathogens, chemicals, and heavy… Read more »
March 04
Africa: UN Environmental Assembly Call for Action to Address Planetary Triple Threat
The Sixth United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6) ended with delegates calling for firm actions to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss, and… Read more »
February 29
Kenya: Air Quality Sensors Boosting Nairobi's Fight Against Air Pollution
Deborah Adhiambo (43) has been battling mild asthma since 2022, a condition she describes as "both a health and economic burden." The mother of three lives within Dandora Estate,… Read more »
February 22
Africa: Unpacking 2023, the Warmest Year On Record
2023 was the warmest year on record. The latest Copernicus Climate Change Service highlights that February 2023 to January 2024 was the first time that we experienced 12… Read more »
February 19
Africa: Smallholder Farmers Are Key to CGIAR Response to Hunger Crisis
Dr Ismahane Elouafi has her work cut out. As the new executive managing director of CGIAR, a global network of agricultural research centers, her mandate, simply put, is to tackle… Read more »
February 20
Africa: Phasing Out From Fossil Fuels - an Imperative for Climate Justice
Climate change made 2023 the warmest year on record. As urgency mounts to address this worldwide crisis, phasing out the use of fossil fuels is a necessary step that all nations… Read more »
February 05
Africa: Road to COP29 - Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World
The road to COP29 has begun in earnest in the backdrop of a global climate report indicating that not only was 2023 the warmest year in a 174-year climate record, it was the… Read more »
January 31
Africa: Prospects for Commonwealth Countries, Addressing Gaps and Shaping Expectations for COP29
By Unnikrishnan Divakaran Nair and Nirupama Vinayan Read more »
January 26
Kenya: Under the Scorching Sun Kenyan Farmers Find New Ways to Beat Climate Change
Rural Kenyans are forging a path toward a more sustainable future and protecting their lives and livelihoods from climate change through regenerative agriculture, nurturing hope… Read more »
January 23
Africa: Matchmaking for Green Cities? Accelerating Climate Finance in Urban Areas
By Liam O Connor, Francisco Martes Porto Macedo and Omar Siddique Read more »
January 17
Africa: The Impact of Climate Migration On Developing Nations
As the world is still gearing up to welcome 2024, let us find a moment to reflect on some of the key trends of the past year and pursue now to embrace the path towards hope and… Read more »
December 22, 2023
Africa: Amidst a Horrendous 2023, Civil Society Is Fighting Back Society
The year 2023 has brought so much tragedy, with incomprehensible loss of lives, whether from wars or devastating 'natural' disasters, while our planet has seen yet more records… Read more »
December 13, 2023
Africa: COP28 - Deal to 'Transition Away' From Fossil Fuels Agreed
It was an extraordinary COP Summit in a year characterized by record-breaking temperatures combined with El Niño, producing a climatic carnage in Africa--deaths from fatal… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Great Blue Wall
As an Islander from the Seychelles, Africa's smallest country, I find that the ocean is intricately woven into my heritage. It not only defines my roots but also shapes the… Read more »
December 12, 2023
Ghana: It's Time to Align Climate Finance and Social Justice, Says Youth Climate Activist
During his childhood, Joshua Amponsem spent a lot of time in his dry rural community collecting water from the streams. ''It was normal,'' the co-director of the Youth Climate… Read more »