September 05, 2023
Africa: Africa's Potential - Leading Food System Transformation and Climate Resilience
By Angela Churie Kallhauge, Ishmael Sunga and Serah Makka Read more »
September 04, 2023
Africa: 'I Am Because You Are' - Climate Justice Through the Spirit of Ubuntu
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim argues that Innovative global development finance ecosystems are needed to unlock equitable international financing flows while preserving the fiscal… Read more »
September 01, 2023
Africa: Africa Climate Summit - a Critical Opportunity for Collective Action On Climate Change
As an African, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. I have met communities displaced by floods in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. I have spoken to… Read more »
August 16, 2023
Africa: World Bank Climate Finance Plan Little Help, Unfair
The World Bank plans to use public funds to subsidize private finance, ostensibly to mobilize much more capital to address the climate crisis. But the new plan is likely to be a… Read more »
Africa: Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope
Kenya's fight for food security may have just gone 'Old School' as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way… Read more »
August 03, 2023
Africa: Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing Climate #AfricaClimateHope
By Philippe Benoit and Anne-Sophie Corbeau Read more »
August 04, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Farmers Turn to Agroecology to Feed Their Families #AfricaClimateHope
When Nelson Mudzingwa arrived in the Shashe farming area in Mashava in Masvingo, about 294 kilometres from the capital Harare, in the early 2000s, the land was barren, with no hope… Read more »
August 02, 2023
Africa: Clock Is Ticking for Food Security in Africa, Says New IITA Head
"My key message is really simple," says Dr Simeon Ehui, the newly-appointed director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, which works with partners… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Is Making Us Sick, Says WHO Envoy #AfricaClimateCrisis
Climate change is making us sick. It has become urgent to build resilient health systems to secure humanity's well-being, says the special envoy for climate change and health of… Read more »
July 28, 2023
Africa: The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis
"Humanity is in the hot seat today," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists as the world confronted official data confirming that July 2023 is… Read more »
July 20, 2023
Africa: New AI Weather Forecasting Model Aims to Boost Africa's Response to Climate Change
Scientists have recently unveiled a first-ever weather forecasting model using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions to help vulnerable African countries… Read more »
July 19, 2023
Africa: Climate Justice - Is Litigation a Good Way Forward?
By Kwan Soo-Chen and David McCoy Read more »
July 12, 2023
Africa: Can Carbon Trading Stop Global Heating?
By Sarah Razak and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Read more »
July 06, 2023
Africa: The Grand Narrative of Private Finance - Over-Reliance On Attracting Investment Is Undermining Change At World Bank
By Bhumika Muchhala and María José Romero Read more »
July 04, 2023
Africa: Transformative Change of Our Relationship With Nature - Key to Saving Global Biodiversity
The writers are Co-Chairs of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Read more »
Africa: Climate Change and Development
There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change. Read more »
June 30, 2023
Africa: Celebrity Chefs Enlisted to Put Climate-Hardy Millets Back On the Menu
Get yourself a nice big pot full of water, dice some onions and throw in the meat of your fancy, followed by chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, dried okra powder, garden eggs and… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Africa: The Need for More Funding, Especially to Women, Towards Climate Adaptation Goals
There is a significant funding gap for climate adaptation - especially for women. Public financing will not be sufficient to close this gap, but it will be crucial for supporting… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Africa: Beyond the UN Security Council - Can the General Assembly Tackle the Climate-Security Challenge?
The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives. As the smoke clears around the United Nations building in… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Africa: Negotiations Must Accelerate Climate Action and Save Vulnerable Countries #AfricaClimateHope
Vulnerable countries, banking on robust climate negotiations, want an inclusive funding package to help them with the devastating impacts of climate change. Read more »
June 15, 2023
Africa: A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Countries #AfricaClimateHope
After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion this week in Bonn is critical, but without supporting reforms of the… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Africa: We Need to Talk About Deep Blue Carbon
The focus of carbon capture and storage has long been on coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses. If the world wants to meet its looming climate targets, then it's time to… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Malawi: Cyclone Freddy Has Put Women & Girls in Malawi At Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
"Cyclone Freddy was a terrible experience, and now many women who lost their homes and their livelihoods are at increased risk of sexual exploitation and abuse," warns Caleb… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Kenya: Kenya Seeks Fair, Equitable Climate Action at Bonn Conference
The Climate Change envoy to the President of Kenya has asked Kenya's and, by extension Africa's negotiators at the ongoing climate conference in Bonn, Germany, not to put much… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Africa: Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies
In the Pacific Islands and many developing and emerging countries worldwide, the informal economy far outsizes the formal one, playing a vital role in the survival of urban and… Read more »