April 04
Liberia: Advocacy Groups Launch Initiative to Protect Environmental Defenders
Liberian Observer
Green Advocates International has launched "Standing Together for Environmental Defenders" (STAND), an initiative to protect Grassroots Environmental Defenders (GEDs) in Liberia,… Read more »
Seychelles: Seychelles Agrees to Sign Global MOU On Zero Emission Medium-and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Seychelles News Agency
With the aim to get assistance to help decarbonise the transport sector in Seychelles, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the signing of the Global Memorandum of Understanding… Read more »
April 03
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Declares Drought a National Disaster, Millions Face Hunger
allAfrica
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the country's drought is declared a national disaster, saying: "More than 2.7 million people in Zimbabwe will go hungry this year". Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Among Top Air Polluters On the Continent, NGO Report Finds [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A Greenpeace report says South Africa is home to six of the world's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide emission hotspots and nine of Africa's 10 largest nitrogen dioxide point sources. Read more »
Southern Africa: Millions in Southern Africa Face Hunger as Extreme Weather Wreaks Havoc - Oxfam [press release]
Oxfam
Millions of people across Southern Africa, are grappling with the dual crises of hunger and flooding. Over half of Malawi's 19 million population, six million people in Zambia,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Now Emits As Much Carbon As It Stores - Landmark New Study [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
A landmark new study has found that, in the last decade, the African continent has started emitting more carbon than it stores. When the total amount of carbon that is sequestered… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Declares National Disaster Amid El Nino Drought
DW
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is asking for $2 billion (€1.85 billion) in food aid to help milllions of people impacted by drought brought about by the El Nino… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Declares El Nino-Induced Drought a National Disaster - Over 2,7 Million in Need of Food Aid
New Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a state of emergency on drought currently gripping Zimbabwe. Read more »
April 02
Malawi: WFP Urges Global Support As Malawi Faces Looming Food Crisis Triggered By El Niño
WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for urgent resources to deliver life-saving food assistance to two million people reeling from the devastating impacts of… Read more »
Mozambique: Almost 220.000 People At Risk of Food Insecurity in Sofala
AIM
Mozambique's relief agency, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), has announced that almost 220.000 people may be at risk of food insecurity in… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Braces for Heavy Rains, Strong Winds and Potential Flooding
Capital FM
The Kenya Meteorological Department has issued a warning due to the imminent occurrence of strong winds, heavy rainfall, and potential flooding in various parts of the country… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Measures in Place to Mitigate El Niño Effects
The Herald
Zimbabwe has suffered one of its worst droughts on record in the present summer season, with all three drought-related problems hitting: a late start to the season, little rain… Read more »
Zimbabwe: U.S.$280bn Climate Bond Market Not Working
The Herald
One of Wall Street's favourite financial innovations for helping reduce corporate greenhouse gas emissions isn't functioning as intended. Read more »
April 01
Nigeria: Children and the Future of Health in a Changing Climate [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
"Our Climate is Changing.... Why Aren't We?" -- Vanini Aggarwal, a 15-year-old telling climate stories by young people in Nigeria. Read more »
Africa: El Niño Disasters - Govts Know What's Coming, but Are Unprepared - What Must Change [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Drought disasters in southern Africa are mainly attributed to a lack of preparedness, inadequate response and mitigation and poor risk reduction measures. With little to no… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Laws Aren't Geared to Protecting Against Climate Change - Judges Are Trying to Fill the Gap [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa has plenty of environmental laws but none that specifically oblige government officials to consider the risks and impacts of climate change when they approve new… Read more »
March 29
North Africa: Tunisia to Host 1st Decarbonisation Mediterranean Forum, End of Sep.2024 (Utica)
Tunis Afrique Presse
Tunisia will host the first Mediterranean Decarbonisation Forum by the end of September 2024, announced the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA). Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - World Bank Helps Strengthen Rural Connectivity and Road Access to Boost Climate-Resilience and Food Security [press release]
World Bank
new program targeted at improving rural connectivity and access to markets aims to assist 11.3 million people in rural Ethiopia, 50% of which are women. A $300 million grant from… Read more »
Uganda: Ugandan MP Calls for Women's Inclusion in Climate Change Policy
Nile Post
Ahead of World Environment Day, Ugandan Member of Parliament Christine Nakimwero Kaaya emphasizes the critical need for women's voices in climate policy-making. Her statement comes… Read more »
Namibia: Climate Change Puts Food Production At Risk
Namibian
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) has put several measures in place to ensure the resilience and sustainability of food production in the country as… Read more »
March 28
Ethiopia: Social Safety Net Programme Faces Funding Gap As Starvation Looms
The New Humanitarian
'At least if there was a safety net we could receive assistance every month.' Read more »
Africa: The Toxic Air We Breathe - Greenpeace Finds Hotspots in Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa
Greenpeace
"The ten largest NO2 point sources identified in Africa are all thermal power stations, with nine in South Africa owned by ESKOM and the tenth in Côte d'Ivoire". Read more »
Mozambique: INGD Monitors Tropical Storm 'Gamane'
AIM
Mozambique's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD) has deployed technical teams to monitor tropical storm "Gamane', which has swept across Madagascar,… Read more »
Gambia: On Sea Level Rise! [editorial]
The Point
Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise. Not only is dangerous sea level rise "absolutely guaranteed", but it will keep… Read more »
Egypt: Support From Unesco for Egypt's Initiative to Confront Climate Change
Egypt Online
The Executive Council of UNESCO issued a resolution unanimously among its members, affirming the support of the organization's 194 member states for Egypt's initiative to support… Read more »