May 17, 2023
Cameroon: Meet Cameroon's Undercover Conservationists
When the Anglophone war broke out, state rangers left, militias set up camp in forests, and thousands sought refuge in areas of critical biodiversity. Read more »
April 27, 2023
Africa: Farmworkers Feel Heat As SA Wine Industry Eyes Climate Change
As vineyards strategise to keep the famous export flowing, farmworkers - seven of whom died recently of heat stroke - fear more extreme conditions. Read more »
April 25, 2023
Africa: Is the World Bank Really Going Green?
The Bank invests billions in fossil fuels, including through various opaque channels. Unless this changes, its public soul-searching will count for little. Read more »
April 24, 2023
South Africa: The Risk of Extreme Wildfires Around Cape Town Has Nearly Doubled
Our study suggests climate change has significantly increased the likelihood of extreme wildfires. But there are ways to mitigate the risks. Read more »
April 20, 2023
Africa: 'He Laid Out the Earth for All Living Creatures' - Islam's Lessons for Climate
Islamic teachings are full of invocations to Muslims to revere nature, reject over-consumption, and live within planetary boundaries. Read more »
March 21, 2023
Africa: The Loud Part the IPCC Said Quietly, Global North Needs to Use Less Energy #AfricaClimateHope
You can't replace fossil fuels with renewables like swapping out a battery. The Global North will also have to drastically reduce its energy use. Read more »
March 20, 2023
Madagascar: Madagascar's 8th Cyclone in 13 Months Compounds Climate Crises
Though it escaped the worst impacts of Freddy, it hit as Madagascar was still rebuilding from a devastating cyclone in January and six in 2022. Read more »
Mozambique: 'Nobody Imagined It Would Be So Intense' - Mozambique After Freddy
While Mozambicans count the cost after the deadly Cyclone Freddy, people in Beira continue to wait for support four years after Idai. Read more »
March 16, 2023
Uganda: 'Enemies of the State' - Uganda Targets Climate Activists in Quiet Crackdown
Activists say the government is using arrests and psychological torture to avoid signs of abuse that could lead to bad publicity for EACOP investors. Read more »
March 10, 2023
Africa: Why's the AfDB Siding With the Agrochemical Industrial Complex?
Against the wishes of hundreds of millions of farmers, the bank is backing a model that can push economic dependence, soil depletion and pollution. Read more »
March 08, 2023
Africa: Who Wants to Hear About White Saviourism Gone Wrong?
A new book on the Congo recycles stereotypes of Africa as a wasteland in need of saving in all its promo. It's been rapturously received in the West. Read more »
March 02, 2023
Africa: 'Africanise or Perish!' Climate Remains High On AU Agenda
From supporting Barbados' plan to transform global climate finance, to pursuing G20 membership, climate was a key issue at the recent summit. Read more »
February 24, 2023
Africa: Africa Has Its First Chief Heat Officer. Five Things Should Be On Her Agenda
Freetown's heat officer can set an example to Africa and the world as temperatures and risks rise. Read more »
February 20, 2023
Nigeria: Where Do Nigeria's Frontrunners Stand On Climate Change?
Only one candidate devotes more than a few passing mentions to climate change in their manifesto. Read more »
February 03, 2023
Nigeria: Oligarchs, Oil and Obi-Dients - the Battle for the Soul of Nigeria
The end of the oil-fuelled patronage system may pose the greatest threat to the nation since the Civil War. Therein may lie its salvation. Read more »
January 25, 2023
Liberia: The Unaccountability of Liberia's Polluting Miners
The government's reports and fines have not yet been sufficient to stop communities suffering from poisoned rivers. Read more »
January 16, 2023
Africa: Introducing Parselelo and a New Climate Focus
African Arguments is excited to announce two big changes. Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Why 30×30 Would Be the Worst Possible Outcome of COP15
The plan to turn 30% of the earth into Protected Areas is based on a deeply unscientific and racist logic. Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: Agroecology Is the African-Led Solution We Need From COP27
Industrialised agriculture is big driver of emissions. Agroecology is sustainable, resilient, high yield, and gives farmers sovereignty. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: COP27 - It's Africa's Time to Lead
Four lessons for African leaders as they head into the climate talks. Read more »
October 11, 2022
Africa: What African Governments Must Fight for At COP27
African delegations must demand loss and damage reparations, that fossil fuels stay in the ground, and that false solution are abandoned. Read more »
September 01, 2022
Uganda: 'The Rich Are Untouchable' - Country Struggles to Protect Its Wetlands
As communities and small businesses are cleared from environmentally precious zones, big companies expand unabated. Read more »
August 26, 2022
Mauritius: A Class Action Lawsuit Bubbles Two Years After the Oil Spill
1,800 people have filed a motion demanding to be heard in a court case regarding the MV Wakaisho's liability for the devastating spill. Read more »
August 23, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Oil Auction - Foiling Climate Colonialism or Filling the Coffers?
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world's second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil. Read more »
July 28, 2022
Africa: Fortress Conservation Is Heading for a Crisis That Can't Come Soon Enough
Governments "protect" wildlife from the very people who have conserved it for centuries, while allocating mining concessions in the same areas. Read more »