April 11
Africa: Women Affected By 'Gender-Biased' Climate Change Deserve Justice
While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice. Read more »
March 20
South Africa: Managing Transboundary Aquifers for Peace
Like surface waters, groundwater resources frequently cross international boundaries, potentially igniting disputes among nations that rely on this essential resource.… Read more »
March 12
Africa: Pollution - a Threat to Our Groundwater Resources
Groundwater pollution significantly affects the prevalence of waterborne diseases. This form of pollution occurs when hazardous substances, such as pathogens, chemicals, and heavy… Read more »
March 04
Africa: UN Environmental Assembly Call for Action to Address Planetary Triple Threat
The Sixth United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6) ended with delegates calling for firm actions to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss, and… Read more »
February 29
Kenya: Air Quality Sensors Boosting Nairobi's Fight Against Air Pollution
Deborah Adhiambo (43) has been battling mild asthma since 2022, a condition she describes as "both a health and economic burden." The mother of three lives within Dandora Estate,… Read more »
February 22
Africa: Unpacking 2023, the Warmest Year On Record
2023 was the warmest year on record. The latest Copernicus Climate Change Service highlights that February 2023 to January 2024 was the first time that we experienced 12… Read more »
February 19
Africa: Smallholder Farmers Are Key to CGIAR Response to Hunger Crisis
Dr Ismahane Elouafi has her work cut out. As the new executive managing director of CGIAR, a global network of agricultural research centers, her mandate, simply put, is to tackle… Read more »
February 21
Africa: Who Wants to Live By the Sea?
For most of history, only those who made their living from the sea chose to live on the coast. Fear of being battered by storms, not to mention vulnerability to attacks from… Read more »
February 20
Africa: Phasing Out From Fossil Fuels - an Imperative for Climate Justice
Climate change made 2023 the warmest year on record. As urgency mounts to address this worldwide crisis, phasing out the use of fossil fuels is a necessary step that all nations… Read more »
February 05
Africa: Road to COP29 - Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World
The road to COP29 has begun in earnest in the backdrop of a global climate report indicating that not only was 2023 the warmest year in a 174-year climate record, it was the… Read more »
January 31
Africa: Prospects for Commonwealth Countries, Addressing Gaps and Shaping Expectations for COP29
By Unnikrishnan Divakaran Nair and Nirupama Vinayan Read more »
January 26
Kenya: Under the Scorching Sun Kenyan Farmers Find New Ways to Beat Climate Change
Rural Kenyans are forging a path toward a more sustainable future and protecting their lives and livelihoods from climate change through regenerative agriculture, nurturing hope… Read more »
January 19
Africa: Trapped and Trafficked - Fishers Tell of Forced Labor Horror
"The thing is that when you come from an African country, they know that you're basically trapped," says Noel Adabblah. Read more »
January 23
Africa: Matchmaking for Green Cities? Accelerating Climate Finance in Urban Areas
By Liam O Connor, Francisco Martes Porto Macedo and Omar Siddique Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda's Biodiversity Conservation Gains Momentum With Bird Sounds Recording
Claver Ntoyinkima wakes up early in the morning, at least three times a week, and goes into the Nyungwe rainforest to record bird vocalizations. Read more »
January 17
Africa: The Impact of Climate Migration On Developing Nations
As the world is still gearing up to welcome 2024, let us find a moment to reflect on some of the key trends of the past year and pursue now to embrace the path towards hope and… Read more »
December 22, 2023
Africa: Amidst a Horrendous 2023, Civil Society Is Fighting Back Society
The year 2023 has brought so much tragedy, with incomprehensible loss of lives, whether from wars or devastating 'natural' disasters, while our planet has seen yet more records… Read more »
December 13, 2023
Africa: COP28 - Deal to 'Transition Away' From Fossil Fuels Agreed
It was an extraordinary COP Summit in a year characterized by record-breaking temperatures combined with El Niño, producing a climatic carnage in Africa--deaths from fatal… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Great Blue Wall
As an Islander from the Seychelles, Africa's smallest country, I find that the ocean is intricately woven into my heritage. It not only defines my roots but also shapes the… Read more »
December 12, 2023
Ghana: It's Time to Align Climate Finance and Social Justice, Says Youth Climate Activist
During his childhood, Joshua Amponsem spent a lot of time in his dry rural community collecting water from the streams. ''It was normal,'' the co-director of the Youth Climate… Read more »
Africa: Finance At COP28 - After the Euphoria, Come Questions Galore
On November 30, the first day of COP28, the much-awaited Loss and Damage Fund--a landmark decision to compensate the world's most climate-affected and climate-vulnerable… Read more »
December 11, 2023
Africa: Africa's Negotiators Urged to Leverage On African Science At COP28 High Table #AfricaClimateHope
African scientists and researchers are concerned that the data shows that the continent is being cornered by the spiraling effects of climate change, that the real impact of… Read more »
December 09, 2023
Africa: COP28 - One Health Steps Delight Many, Others Show Cautious Optimism
One Health activist, Kelly Dent, has been attending UNFCCC COPs since 2009, when it was held in Copenhagen. From there, it has been a 15-year-long journey to Dubai, but Dent is… Read more »
December 10, 2023
Africa: Farm to Fork - COP28 Provides Roadmap to Fix Africa's Broken Food Systems - IFAD
In the absence of sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is becoming too hot to farm in Africa. Confronted by extreme, intense, and frequent climate events such as… Read more »
December 09, 2023
Africa: Greening Education - Education Paying Highest Cost for Ongoing Climate Crisis
It is a global catastrophe of astounding proportions that millions of children are on the run today, forcibly displaced from their homes. As conflict and climate change… Read more »