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November 27

Africa: Do Farmers Get the Climate Message?

We all know the game, the one we played many times growing up. Read more »
Africa: We Remind Govts That They Are Bargaining With Our Future'

A young Tunisian is hospitalised after clashes with local authorities, a young Syrian cannot leave their country because of civil war, a young Palestinian isn't granted a visa.... Read more »
Chad: Mapping a Route Through Climate Change in Chad

I first met Bouba Mal Yaya, a herdsman from the Fulani-Mbororo peoples in Chad, in early 2011. At that time, he and his fellow herders were in a state of great distress. Read more »

Ethiopia: Nile Dam Worries Sudan, Egypt [analysis]

Ethiopia has begun construction of a 6,000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river, a move that has been greeted enthusiastically by many Ethiopians but that is... Read more »

Africa: Will Redd+ Undermine Democracy or Transform It? [analysis]

A climate mitigation scheme aiming to protect the world's forests must work through local democratic institutions or risk leaving communities and indigenous groups open to... Read more »
Africa: Action on Agriculture Needed at Upcoming UN Climate Talks [analysis]

Support for a work program on agriculture is urgently needed at Doha to incorporate the growing sector into international efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate... Read more »
Kenya: Barter Trade May Boost Rural Food Security - Experts

It may be dismissed by Kenya's middle classes and elite as primitive, but farmer Leah Wambui, is convinced that bartering promises a new way of protecting rural food supplies as... Read more »
Cameroon: Forest Communities Cannot Adapt to Climate Change Alone

Rural communities in Cameroon rely heavily on forests for everything from their nutritional and medicinal needs to fuel for cooking and will be unable to adapt to climate change... Read more »

Cameroon: Measuring Carbon Stocks in Logging Concessions

Deep inside a logging concession in southern Cameroon, scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are measuring the carbon content of a huge tree,... Read more »
Central Africa: The Congo Basin Forests - What Policymakers Should Know Ahead of UN Climate Talks [analysis]

The pulse in the heart of Africa: The Congo Basin contains the second largest expanse of tropical forest in the world, covering 200 million hectares and spanning six countries. Read more »

Africa: A Climate Roadmap for Obama [analysis]

As Barack Obama returns to the White House he might well reflect on what got him over the finishing line. Read more »
Kenya: Drought Farming Lessons Join Reading and Writing at Schools

At Kamunyagia Primary, year seven student Purity Njigi is learning something new alongside her usual lessons - how to produce enough food to eat when there isn't enough rain. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Linking Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in the Congo

Every year around March 3, the villagers of Lukolela were prepared. They did what they could to protect their houses, stayed indoors, and waited. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Young Leaders - the Future of Congo's Forestry Research

Deep in the Yoko Forest Reserve, across the Congo River from Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Consolate Kaswera Kyamakya is checking her traps. Read more »

Central Africa: Deforestation Pressure On Congo Basin Forests Increasing

Rainforests in the Congo Basin are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for mineral, energy and wood resources from Africa, experts say, commending efforts by... Read more »

Malawi: Hunger Drives Acceptance of New Staples

Farmers across Malawi, struggling to harvest sufficient staple crops of maize and rice in changing weather conditions, are turning to crops they had never previously considered for... Read more »
Africa: Step Up Climate Action to Reduce Poverty [opinion]

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy reminds us once again of the destructive potential of extreme weather - even in a developed country such as the United States, and even... Read more »

Tanzania: Drought Drives Youth to Cities

Changing weather patterns in Tanzania have caused a rising wave of migration from rural to urban areas, with thousands of youths flocking into Dar es Salaam, the largest city, in... Read more »

Africa: Can Regional Organisations Prevent Future Water Conflicts?

The Nile, the Indus, the Mekong, the Danube are just some of the famous rivers that provide food and energy to millions of people. Their basins are shared by countries of varying... Read more »

Africa: What Lessons Can Sandy Teach?

Here's a striking juxtaposition - I spent last week with government officials from the poorest countries in the world at the Climate Investment Funds meeting in Istanbul discussing... Read more »
Cameroon: Digital Atlas to Improve Forest Oversight

The Cameroon government, in collaboration with the World Resources Institute (WRI) has published an updated interactive atlas to help monitor the country's vast woodlands, which... Read more »

Africa: What Would Obama or Romney Mean for Climate Talks?

Negotiators preparing to fly to Doha later this month for the next round of U.N. climate change talks will have a close eye on the outcome of the U.S. elections Tuesday, said Tony... Read more »
Ethiopia: Solar Power Struggles to Shine in Sunny Ethiopia

Ethiopia is known by some as "the land of 13 months of sunshine," a reference both to its climate and to its unique calendar of 12 months of 30 days and an additional month of five... Read more »

Kenya: Encourage Commercial Logging to Grow Kenya's Forest Cover - Report

Kenya should encourage private businesses to grow trees for charcoal and timber to increase its forest cover rather than relying on the rehabilitation of indigenous forests, the... Read more »

Kenya: Rural Kenya Tunes in Community Radio for Weather Alerts

The tea and coffee bushes growing on the hillsides around Isaac Kinyua's home have long provided him and many of his kin with a livelihood, giving Central Kenya an economic edge... Read more »

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