April 19
Madagascar: Madagascar's Ancient Baobabs Store 700 Years of Climate Secrets - What They Reveal
Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees have been alive for well over 1,000 years. The ancient… Read more »
April 01
Africa: Insects in the Tropics Are Already Near Their Heat Limits - Climate Change Could Push Many Beyond Survival
Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little… Read more »
March 25
Western Sahara: Climate Change Is Altering Saharan Dust - and Europe Is Downwind
In recent years, residents of Spain, France and the UK have looked up to see an eerie sight: deep orange sunrises and skies thick with a yellowish haze. These hazy skies often… Read more »
March 26
South Africa: Ice Shock Is a Novel About Passionate Love in a Time of Climate Crisis
South-African born writer and world literature scholar Elleke Boehmer's sixth novel, Ice Shock, is a breathtaking story about two lovers who, soon after they meet, find themselves… Read more »
March 25
Africa: Heatwaves Will Be Worst for Rural Parts of Africa - New Model Shows Tens of Millions Face Dangerous Warming By 2100
Ask people where heatwaves hit hardest and most will probably say cities, which trap heat in concrete and metal and generate warmth from traffic and industry. Read more »
South Africa: Carbon Capture in Rural South Africa - Projects Show How Fighting Climate Change Can Create Rural Jobs - Research
Across the world, climate governance bodies are finding ways to capture greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and store them in a place where they can't escape and warm up… Read more »
March 24
South Africa: South Africa Needs R250 Billion Just to Meet Basic Climate Adaptation Needs Over the Next Decade
South Africa needs investments worth R250 billion (US$15.64 billion) over the next 10 years to adapt to climate change. This amount would get the country to just a minimal level of… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya's Double Climate Crisis - It Needs Funds to Adapt, and Disaster Aid Is Damaging the Environment
Over the last two decades, economic losses from extreme weather (such as the damage caused by floods, mudslides and drought) has amounted to trillions of dollars. Read more »
March 23
South Africa: Striped Mice Survive Harsh Drought By Slowing Down and Not Getting Stressed
For decades, ecologists lumped everything bad for animals under one word: stress. But what if animals don't experience harsh environments as stressful at all? What if it is the… Read more »
Africa: Why Africa Needs a Green Bank to Fund Climate Action and Build Its Own Renewable Technology
Climate change is a profound challenge to the livelihoods of many people in African countries who have contributed so little to its cause. More frequent extreme weather events… Read more »
March 18
Africa: Climate Change Could Pose a Major Risk to Cassava in Africa - Study Sets Out What Can Be Done Now
Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition lifeboat for over 800 million people worldwide. Read more »
March 16
Africa: Sea Levels Around Africa Are Rising Faster Than the Global Average - What's Behind This Alarming Trend
For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision. These measurements are crucial because changes in ocean… Read more »
Africa: Climate Finance Has Failed Africa Twice Over - How to Fix It
The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis. Read more »
March 01
Tanzania: The Hidden Enemy On Mount Kilimanjaro - Safely Dealing With Low Oxygen At High Altitude
Last October, my daughter Elizabeth and I stood at Londorossi gate (elevation 2,250 metres), the western entrance to Mount Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania, ready to begin the… Read more »
February 23
Africa: Scrapping Business Class Could Halve Aviation Emissions - New Study
Air travel is famously one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise, and the number of air passengers keeps increasing. Electric planes and "sustainable" aviation fuels are still a… Read more »
February 24
South Africa: South Africa's Carbon Tax Should Stay - Climate Scientists Explain Why
The South African minister of electricity and energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is proposing to suspend the country's carbon tax after experiencing pressure from fossil fuel lobbies. Read more »
February 23
Africa: Can African Penguins Be Brought Back From the Brink? Better Designed No-Fishing Zones Could Help
South Africa is home to 88% of the world's colonies of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus). The species is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana's Cities Are Getting Hotter - They Need More Trees to Keep Them Cool
Ghana's cities are expanding at a breathtaking pace. From Madina to Cape Coast, from Sekondi-Takoradi to Tamale, concrete infrastructure are rising, wetlands are shrinking, and… Read more »
February 15
Africa: Climate Change Could Expose 1.1 Billion People to Hunger By 2100 (But There's Good News Too) - AI Modelling Study
More than 295 million people globally experienced hunger and starvation in 2025 because of conflict, displacement, climate change and economic disasters. Read more »
February 12
South Africa: Water in the Dams, but South Africa's Taps Are Dry - Essential Reads On a History of Bad Management
It's become a common refrain in South Africa: there's no drought, dams and reservoirs are full, but the taps are dry. Read more »
February 09
Africa: African Climate Science-Policy Has a Serious Blind Spot - the Slowing Atlantic Circulation
The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change on planet Earth. The plot dramatises the… Read more »
February 08
Mozambique: Mozambique Floods - Why the Most Vulnerable Keep Paying the Highest Price
When floods submerged parts of Mozambique after heavy rains in 2000, a baby girl was born in a tree, where her mother clung as the Limpopo river waters rose. The baby was nicknamed… Read more »
Africa: Heat With No End - Climate Model Sets Out an Unbearable Future for Parts of Africa
People often think of a heatwave as a temporary event, a brutal week of sun that eventually breaks with a cool breeze. But as the climate changes globally, in parts of Africa, that… Read more »
February 04
Africa: Grazing and Digging Put Some Herbivores At Greater Risk From Toxic Elements in Soil - New Research
If you've watched a giraffe browsing in the tree canopy, a white rhino meandering across open grassland or a warthog shuffling around on its knees in South Africa's Kalahari… Read more »
Zambia: Zambia's Farmers Are Working in Dangerous Heat - How They Can Protect Themselves
Farming is central to life in Zambia, with about 60% of the country's labour force relying on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood or income. Seasonal rains shape planting and… Read more »
