South Africa: Black Wattle As Firewood - How South African Communities Are Putting Invasive Species to Work

Australia's black wattle tree (Acacia mearnsii) has spread across South Africa, taking over millions of hectares of land and pushing indigenous plants aside. Economist Saul Ngarava… Read more »

Senegal: Colonialism and Climate Risk Are Connected - Evidence From Ghana and Senegal

The experience of colonialism led to economies and societies being re-arranged in ways that have had far-reaching consequences. Read more »

South Africa: South African Hunters Chewed the Kanna Plant for Endurance - New Study Tests Its Effects On Mouse Brain Chemistry

Sceletium tortuosum is a little succulent plant that grows in the semi-arid Karoo and Namaqualand regions of South Africa. It has a long history of traditional use among the… Read more »

South Africa: Should Governments Pay Businesses for Climate Disasters? Researchers Unpack Huge Lawsuits in South Africa

The most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province - also the worst flood in South Africa for more than a century - has sparked two major… Read more »

Africa: How to Harness the Ocean for Prosperity - Funding African Innovations Can Unlock the Blue Economy

Africa has an enormous ocean area at its disposal. There are almost 20 million square kilometres of ocean, seas and inland water that could be developed into environmentally… Read more »

Africa: African Debt and Climate Change - How the ICJ's Vanuatu Ruling Could Be Used for Broader Justice

African sovereign debtors in distress face terrible choices. They are often forced to choose between fully paying their creditors and financing the needs of their populations -… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa's New Climate Targets - Balancing Ambition With the Realities of Coal and Climate Finance

South Africa has scaled back its ambitions to cut down on the greenhouse emissions that come from burning fossil fuels and which cause global warming. Read more »

South Africa: Climate Disasters Are Escalating - 6 Ways South Africa's G20 Presidency Can Lead Urgent Action

South Africa currently holds the presidency of the G20 - the group of 19 of the world's largest economies and the African Union. It has set up a Disaster Risk Reduction Working… Read more »

Africa: Wildfire Disasters Are Increasingly in the News, Yet Less Land Is Burning Globally - Here's Why

Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That's roughly equivalent… Read more »

Africa: We're Witnessing Last-Ditch Talks to Secure a Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

Negotiators from around the world are gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for the final UN intergovernmental session to hammer out a legally binding global treaty on plastics… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Top Climate Change Challenges - a Fairer Deal On Phasing Out Fossil Fuels and Mobilising Funds

Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very… Read more »

Nigeria: Child Malnutrition Is a Sign of Conflict to Come - Nigerian Study Links Climate Change, Food and Violence

The pathway from climate change to violent conflict is not simple. There are the obvious immediate effects of global warming like water scarcity and crop failure. But beyond these,… Read more »

Nigeria: How Hot Is Your Home? Nigerian Study Explores Comfort Levels in Buildings

Global standards for heating comfort are largely based on cooler, northern hemisphere climates. How relevant are these benchmarks in low-cost housing in warmer African regions? Read more »

Africa: Nature's Underground Engineers - How Plant Roots Could Save Harvests From Drought

Ever wondered how a delicate plant root can push its way through hard ground? It's a feat of engineering happening beneath our feet. Read more »

South Africa: South African Study Finds 4 Low-Income Communities Can't Cope With Global Warming - What Needs to Change

Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa's city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities… Read more »

South Sudan: Climate Projects in South Sudan Can Turn Deadly - How to Avoid This

South Sudan, which has been torn apart by a civil war, is vulnerable to extreme weather events, frequent floods and drought, to which it must adapt. But any adaptation projects for… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Is Making Africa's Debt Burden Worse - New Debt Contracts Could Help

Many African countries are already struggling with heavy debt burdens. Climate change is making this worse. Africa contributes the least to global emissions but suffers the most… Read more »

Africa: Historic Climate Change Ruling From the International Court of Justice - What It Means for Africa

The International Court of Justice, the world's highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change "imperils all forms of life". This… Read more »

Kenya: Extreme Weather Affects Mental Health - What Vulnerable Women in Kenya Told Us

Climatic shocks and environmental changes are increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st century. Extreme weather, such as heatwaves,… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Smallholder Farmers Are Using Bright Ideas to Adapt to Climate Change - G20 Countries Should Fund Their Efforts

Across most of Africa, rural communities grow their own food, relying on smallholder agriculture. But climate change is threatening this way of life. Read more »

Africa: African Sci-Fi Imagines New Ways of Living in Climate-Changed Worlds

A new book called African Climate Futures explores how African science fiction is addressing climate change. Read more »

Tunisia: Popular Tunisian Island's Cultural Heritage At Risk Due to Tourism, Neglect and Climate Change

Nestled in the southern Mediterranean, off the south-east coast of Tunisia, lies the island of Djerba. With a rich cultural and religious history, it has been a crossroad of many… Read more »

Africa: Historic Ruling Finds Climate Change 'Imperils All Forms of Life' and Puts Laggard Nations On Notice

Climate change "imperils all forms of life" and countries must tackle the problem or face consequences under international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found. Read more »

Malawi: Forest Loss in Malawi - How Having Women At the Table Affected Debates and Decisions About Solutions - Research

Around the world, climate change is being tackled, not just in parliaments and global summits, but also in villages and farming communities. In these local spaces, lives and… Read more »

East Africa: I Watched a Simulated Oil Spill in the Indian Ocean - Here's How Island and Coastal Countries Worked Together to Avoid Disaster

The coils of black hose, drum skimmers designed to collect oil from the ocean's surface, and orangey-red containment booms all looked out of place on the white sand of Mombasa's… Read more »