Africa: The COP28 Climate Agreement Is a Step Backwards On Fossil Fuels

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai has adjourned. The result is "The UAE consensus" on fossil fuels. Read more »

Africa: We Followed 14 'Long Haulers' for 3 Months. Here's What They Told Us About Living With Long Covid

At least 65 million people around the world are estimated to have long COVID, which describes the continuation or development of symptoms at least three months after an initial… Read more »

Africa: How to Assess the Carbon Footprint of a War

We know that war is bad for the environment, with toxic chemicals left polluting the soil and water for decades after fighting ceases. Much less obvious are the carbon emissions… Read more »

Africa: African Countries At COP28 - Several Big Wins and a United Voice

African countries entered the recent COP28 negotiations on climate change in high spirits. Before this conference, in September, African government leaders, policymakers, activists… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Risks Triggering a Spike in Infectious Disease Outbreaks - Three Reasons Why

Climate change is our planet's most immediate existential threat, and will likely only worsen for the foreseeable future. Read more »

Africa: COP28's Commitment to Transforming Farming and Food Systems Is an Insult to Africans

Globally, food systems are unsustainable: 80% of the production of food is powered by fossil fuels. The food system is responsible for over one-third of global greenhouse gas… Read more »

Africa: China-Africa Relations in 2023 - Key Moments and Events to Remember

In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the West, China-Africa relations were, in… Read more »

Africa: Improved Employment Policies Can Encourage Fathers to Be More Involved At Home

While the COVID-19 pandemic had many detrimental socio-economic and health impacts, one silver lining has been the influence of remote work on men's involvement in unpaid work at… Read more »

Africa: Frozen Methane Under the Seabed Is Thawing As Oceans Warm - and Things Are Worse Than We Thought

Buried beneath the oceans surrounding continents is a naturally occurring frozen form of methane and water. Sometimes dubbed ''fire-ice'' as you can literally set light to it,… Read more »

Africa: The Disagreement Between Two Climate Scientists That Will Decide Our Future

Getting to net zero emissions by mid-century is conventionally understood as humanity's best hope for keeping Earth's surface temperature (already 1.2°C above its… Read more »

Africa: From the Paris Agreement to COP28, How Oil and Gas Giants Try to Influence the Global Climate Agenda

There is ''no science'' behind demands to phase out fossil fuels, according to the current COP president. This level of cynicism at the top of the annual climate summit makes it… Read more »

Africa: Trash to Treasure - Africa Powers Up from Garbage Dumps

New research on garbage dumps in 44 sub-Saharan African countries shows that 95% are unregulated. The landfill sites still take in new garbage even when they are filled to… Read more »

Africa: Climate 'Tipping Points' Can Be Positive Too - Our Report Sets Out How to Engineer a Domino Effect of Rapid Changes

A young boy is forced to sit at a dinner table with grown-ups talking endlessly about grown-up stuff. He's bored. He finds it hard at first, to push with his feet against the table… Read more »

Africa: Climate Tipping Points Are Nearer Than You Think - Our New Report Warns of Catastrophic Risk

It's now almost inevitable that 2023 will be the warmest year ever recorded by humans, probably the warmest for at least 125,000 years. Read more »

Africa: Don't Applaud the Climate Summit's Loss and Damage Fund Deal Just Yet - It Might Not Warrant That Standing Ovation

Shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2023 United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, delegates of nations around the world rose in a standing ovation to celebrate a… Read more »

Africa: How Agriculture Can Make The Most of One of The World's Biggest Carbon Sink, Soil

It's right under our feet. We barely notice as we go about our lives, yet it is nothing less than the largest carbon repository among all of Earth's ecosystems. This distinction is… Read more »

Africa: Rural Communities Are Being Left Behind Because of Poor Digital Infrastructure, Research Shows

In an era where businesses and households depend on the internet for everything from marketing to banking and shopping, the lack of adequate digital access can be a significant… Read more »

Africa: COP28 - With a 'Loss and Damage' Fund in Place, Protecting Climate Refugees Is More Urgent Than Ever

It has taken decades, but the complex and increasingly urgent issue of "climate mobility" has gradually become central to international climate negotiations. Read more »

Africa: COP28 - Why We Need to Break Our Addiction to Combustion

Headlines across the world this year focused on fires, including both wildfires and the use of military firepower, in various places. Read more »

Africa: COP28 Climate Summit Just Approved a 'Loss and Damage' Fund. What Does This Mean?

Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a "loss and damage" fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change. Read more »

Africa: Could Antivirals Reduce Your Risk of Long Covid? Where the Research Is Up to On Prevention and Treatment

Evidence is continuing to accumulate on the burden and frequency of chronic effects after a COVID infection, which fall under the umbrella term "long COVID". Read more »

Africa: Getting Climate Funds to Conflict Zones - A Case for Working With Armed Groups and Local Communities

Conflict-ridden and fragile countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change and least prepared to deal with it. They are largely excluded from climate adaptation… Read more »

Africa: How AI Could Reveal Secrets of Thousands of Handwritten Documents

Have you ever struggled to read what that scrawl between "carrots" and "potatoes" is on your shopping list? Soon, artificial intelligence (AI) may be able to help. Read more »

Africa: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year - Authentic - Reflects Growing Concerns Over AI's Ability to Deceive and Dehumanize

When Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year for 2023 was "authentic," it did so with over a month to go in the calendar year. Read more »

Africa: 'Baldur's Gate 3' Became the Surprise Hit of 2023 By Upending Conventional Wisdom About What Gives Video Games Broad Appeal

Few predicted that the smash hit video game of 2023 would feature old-school game mechanics, hours of brooding cutscenes and a vexing learning curve. Read more »