October 13, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Floods - Expert Insights Into Why They're So Devastating and What to Do About Them
Nigeria is experiencing its worst flooding in over a decade. Over 1.4 million people have been displaced, 500 have been reported dead and thousands have been injured. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Africa: On the Brink - Global Crises Demand Radical Change
We have damaged our planet through destructive exploitation of fossil fuels and the insatiable demand for things we don't need. We are cooking ourselves to death and it may already… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Africa: To Reach Net Zero the World Still Needs Mining #AfricaClimateCrisis
On the wooded hill above the Stan Terg lead and zinc mine in Kosovo, there is an old concrete diving platform looming over what was once an open-air swimming pool. Before the… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Africa: Young Cold-Blooded Animals Are Suffering the Most As Earth Heats Up, Research Finds
Climate change is making heatwaves worse. Many people have already noticed the difference - and so too have other animals. Read more »
September 13, 2022
Ghana: Ghana's Efforts to Employ Young People and Regrow Forests Could Work Better
Deforestation has been an issue of global concern for many years. Deforestation is a major environmental concern because of its adverse effects on ecological sustainability,… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Increasing Water Stress Requires Urgent Informed Actions #AfricaClimateCrisis
Progress has been made since 2015 on a global scale in terms of increasing access to water of an acceptable quality and to sanitation services. But 2 billion people still lack… Read more »
September 14, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Food but Microscopic Algae Offer Answers
In 2021 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the first volume of its latest authoritative report on climate change. The United Nations secretary-general branded its… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Africa: Scientists Are Divining the Future of Earth's Ice-Covered Oceans At Their Harsh Fringes
One of the harshest and most dynamic regions on Earth is the marginal ice zone - the place where ocean waves meet sea ice, which is formed by freezing of the ocean's surface. Read more »
September 08, 2022
South Africa: Colonial Diaries Are Helping Scientists Reconstruct Weather Patterns to Protect Against Future Events
The current climate crisis raises many questions. Some are forward-looking: how can this be fixed? Some look to the recent past: how did we get here? And some reach further back… Read more »
August 23, 2022
Africa: #AfricaClimateCrisis Will Cause More Children to Die From Hot Weather
Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to "net-zero". The 1.5°C… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Africa: 58 Percent of Human Infectious Diseases Can Be Worsened By Climate Change
Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, our… Read more »
August 02, 2022
Africa: Troubling Research Shows Warm Waters Rushing Towards World's Biggest Ice Sheet in Antarctica
Warmer waters are flowing towards the East Antarctic ice sheet, according to our alarming new research which reveals a potential new driver of global sea-level rise. Read more »
July 29, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Is Intensifying the Water Cycle, Bringing More Powerful Storms and Flooding - Here's What the Science Shows
Powerful storm systems triggered flash flooding across the U.S. in late July, killing at least 28 people in eastern Kentucky as floodwater engulfed homes and set off mudslides.… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Africa: Women Entrepreneurs in Africa Face More Climate Risks Than Their Male Peers
The world's climate is changing. All of us will ultimately be affected by climatic shifts - but some will be hit harder than others. Read more »
July 21, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo Peat Swamps Store Three Years of Global Carbon Emissions - Imminent Oil Drilling Could Release It
Democratic Republic of the Congo's government is preparing to auction off a series of licenses to drill for oil in the Congo basin. This threatens to damage around 11 million… Read more »
East Africa: Saving East Africa's Wildlife From Recurring Drought
Over the past two decades, the Horn of Africa - specifically Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya - has experienced more intense and frequent droughts. Read more »
July 11, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Is White Colonisation of the Atmosphere. It's Time to Tackle This Entrenched Racism
"Climate change is racist". So reads the title of a recent book by British journalist Jeremy Williams. While this title might seem provocative, it's long been recognised that… Read more »
July 12, 2022
West Africa: Herder-Farmer Conflict in the Sahel Needs a New Description - Why 'Eco-Violence' Fits
The Sahel - a 5,000km long strip of the African continent stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea - has become the most neglected and conflict-ridden part of the planet.… Read more »
July 06, 2022
East Africa: How #AfricaClimateCrisis Will Affect Conflict in the Horn of Africa - What Researchers Found
The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense and sustained drought thanks to which around 20 million people are going… Read more »
June 26, 2022
East Africa: Is Eastern Africa's Drought the Worst in Recent History? And Are Worse Yet to Come?
Large areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are currently in the grip of a severe drought. An estimated 16.7 million people face acute food insecurity. That's more than the combined… Read more »
June 16, 2022
West Africa: How Climate Change, Overfishing and Covid Drove Irregular Migration From West Africa
Throughout 2020, 23,023 irregular immigrants arrived on the coast of the Canary Islands, 757% more than the previous year. In 2021 the figure fell slightly to 22,316 people but it… Read more »
June 07, 2022
Africa: Alien Species Are Moving Across Oceans Faster - Climate Change Will Accelerate This
Oceans and coastlines have been subjected to human use for centuries. But the effects of human activity on the oceans are now more extensive, with the resulting changes happening… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Ghana: A Root Cause of Flooding in Accra - Developers Clogging Up the City's Wetlands #AfricaClimateCrisis
Ghana has six designated Ramsar sites. These are wetlands designated under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international treaty that seeks to protect them. In… Read more »
May 26, 2022
Kenya: Climate Change Isn't a Priority for Universities. It Should Be
Universities can play a vital role in shaping change in societies. They produce knowledge through research, train future decision makers, and contribute to public awareness of… Read more »
May 23, 2022
Senegal: Rising Sea Levels Are Driving Faster Erosion Along Senegal's Coast #AfricaClimateCrisis
Coastal retreat in West Africa is a pressing problem. The contact between land and sea on coasts produces intense erosion and sedimentation processes. When erosion is more intense… Read more »