South Africa: Cape Town Project Tests What Hydroponic Farming Can Do in Urban Spaces

Imagine a world where fresh vegetables and herbs sprout in the heart of our cities without the need for sprawling farms. Read more »

West Africa: Indigenous Trees Might Be the Secret to Climate Resilient Dairy Farming in Benin, Says This New Study

In the drylands of Benin, west Africa, livestock farming is under growing pressure. Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's Floods Turned Deadly Because Limpopo Wasn't Prepared

Limpopo, in northern South Africa, home to 6.6 million people, several large mines and the Kruger National Park (one of Africa's largest game reserves), experienced unusually… Read more »

Kenya: Climate Change Is Hurting Kenyan Women Working in Coastal Tourism - They Explain How

I returned home to Kenya's coast after months of winter in Germany, and the heat felt extreme. Temperatures rose past 35°C by midday under the blazing sun of Kilifi, a tourism… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Farmers Talk About How Climate Change Is Affecting Staple Food Crops - and What Can Help

In Nigeria, agriculture contributes about 40% to national gross domestic product and supports the livelihoods of about 60% of the population. Finding ways to farm through climate… Read more »

West Africa: Fighting Climate Change in the Sahel Is Worsening Conflicts - New Research Shows How

The Sahel, the semi-arid African region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east, has become the epicentre of global terrorism, given the high… Read more »

Africa: The Solar Boom Has a Dirty Secret. Here's How to Avoid Another Mountain of Waste That Can't Be Recycled

Solar power has a dark side: panels are still built to be thrown away, and we risk creating a mountain of waste that locks away valuable minerals. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Climate Finance Rules Are Growing, but They're Weakly Enforced - New Research

Climate change is no longer just about melting ice or hotter summers. It is also a financial problem. Droughts, floods, storms and heatwaves damage crops, factories and… Read more »

Africa: The G20 Was Built to Stabilise the World's Economy - but It's Failed On Climate, Debt and Inequality

The Group of Twenty (G20) emerged from the financial turmoil that followed the collapse of the Thai currency in 1997, which rapidly spread financial instability from Thailand to… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria and South Africa Risk Breaking Climate Change Pledges

Just 20 countries produce 80% of the world's oil, gas and coal. Since 2019, researchers have released regular reports analysing how these governments plan to continue drilling and… Read more »

Africa: Climate Adaptation Has a New Global Plan

At the 2025 global climate summit, COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, one decision stood out with major consequences for Africa: countries agreed on a new set of progress… Read more »

Namibia: A Namib Desert Beetle Runs to Stay Cool - How Scientists Solved the Puzzle of This Unique and Speedy Species

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot - the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising number of around 200 beetle species live on its bare,… Read more »

Africa: Hotter Weather Thickens the Blood of Wild Mammals

Large wild mammals - from elephants to antelopes - are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that even the small creatures adapted to harsh, arid… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's G20 Presidency Is Over - What Did It Achieve for Climate and Clean Energy in Africa?

South Africa opened its G20 presidency with an ambitious message for a world divided by conflict and economic strain: solidarity, equality and sustainability. The Johannesburg G20… Read more »

Africa: Women's Voices At the G20 - Action Urged On Economic Empowerment, Care Work, Health, Climate Justice and Forced Labour

The G20 group of the world's 20 most powerful economies and the African and European Unions has a group dedicated to women empowerment - the Women 20 (W20). Set up in 2015 to… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Drylands Need the Right Kind of Support - Listening to the Pastoralists Who Live There

Africa's drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other. Media stories tend to emphasise… Read more »

Africa: Factory Farming in Africa - Development Banks See It As a Good Idea, but It's Bad for the Climate

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming - where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will - has been the main form of livestock production.… Read more »

Africa: TotalEnergies - French Court Ruling Over False Climate Claims Could Boost African Cases Against Polluters

A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be environmentally friendly. The Paris Judicial Court found… Read more »

Africa: How China Cleaned Up Its Air Pollution - and What That Meant for the Climate

Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19. Read more »

Africa: This Year's Climate Talks Saw Real Progress - Just Not On Fossil Fuels

It wasn't a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I… Read more »

Africa: COP30 - Five Reasons the UN Climate Conference Failed to Deliver On Its 'People's Summit' Promise

As the sun set on the Amazon, the promise of a "people's Cop" faded with it. The latest UN climate summit - known as Cop30, hosted in the Brazilian city of Belém - came with… Read more »

Africa: Global Inequality Is As Urgent As Climate Change - the World Needs a Panel of Experts to Steer Solutions

Given the escalating scale of inequality in the world, shouldn't countries be banding together to set up an international panel on the issue, along the same lines as the… Read more »

Africa: Engineered Microbes Could Tackle Climate Change - If We Ensure It's Done Safely

As the climate crisis accelerates, there's a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change and Inequality Are Connected - Policies Need to Reflect This

An increasingly strong case is being made to bring inequality into discussions about climate change. The logic behind this has been set out by leading international institutions… Read more »

Africa: COP30 - Africa Needs Funding to Adapt to the Climate Crisis - What Negotiators Need to Do to Secure It

Since it was set up in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has focused mainly on mitigation. Mitigating the effects of climate change is all about… Read more »