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 »

Ghana: An Important Wetland in Ghana Is Under Siege. Researchers Investigate the Real Issues

Wetlands are vital ecological resources that provide several benefits in urban and peri-urban areas. They slow down flood waters, and act as a source of fishing and farming… 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 »

Africa: Toilets Can Make Africa's Roads Safer, According to This New Study

Travelling on Africa's roads comes with many challenges. The biggest is arriving at your destination safely. The continent is one of the hotspots of global road trauma. Its traffic… Read more »

Mozambique: The Three Big Reasons Why Mozambique Is Not Adapting to Climate Change and What Needs to Be Done

Around the world, societies are looking for ways to live with climate change. Adapting to a hotter and harsher future means scientists, governments and communities must find ways… Read more »

East Africa: Fish Farming Is Booming in Lake Victoria, but Pollution and Disease Are Wiping Out Millions. How to Reduce Losses

Aquaculture - the farming of fish and other aquatic organisms - is the world's fastest-growing food production system. Read more »

Africa: Sulfur-Based Batteries Could Offer Electric Vehicles a Greener, Longer-Range Option

Picture an electric car that could go 600, 700 or even 1,000 miles on a single charge. That's much farther than the longest-range electric vehicles on the U.S. market, according to… Read more »

Africa: How Control of Water Shapes Power and Security in Africa

Water is often taken for granted, if you're lucky enough to have it coming out of taps. Yet it lies at the heart of national security. Read more »

Africa: COP30 Report Reveals How Climate Change Is Spreading Infectious Diseases to New Regions

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors - such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks - to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: COP30 - Zimbabwe's Forest and Energy Projects Reveal the Downside of Carbon Credits

Carbon offsets are a way for companies or countries that pollute the air to "cancel out" some of their carbon emissions by funding projects that protect forests, plant trees, or… Read more »

Tanzania: 75% of Kilimanjaro's Natural Plants Have Been Wiped Out - and Climate Change Isn't the Biggest Threat

Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is sold to the world as frozen romance and pure nature. But the real story today is at its feet, not its peak. Read more »

Africa: Culture As a Sustainable Development Goal? It's Starting to Become a Reality

Eight global millennium development goals were established in 2000 by member states of the United Nations (UN) and endorsed by other multilateral organisations. They ranged from… Read more »

Africa: Climate Tipping Points Are Close - Scientists Urge Radical Action Before It's Too Late

New research has found that the world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action. Read more »

South Africa: When Polluters Don't Pay - Still No Cleanup At South African Oil Refinery That's Caused Millions in Damage but Was Sold for 6 Cents

When BP and Shell sold the South African Petroleum Refinery (Sapref) in 2024 to the Central Energy Fund, a government entity, for R1 (or six US cents), environmental advocates… Read more »

Africa: Land Is Africa's Best Hope for Climate Adaptation - It Must Be the Focus At COP30

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for about 62% of Africa's greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, land degradation, deforestation and biodiversity… Read more »

Africa: The Secret Life of Baobabs - How Bats and Moths Keep Africa's Giant Trees Alive

Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees", because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to… Read more »

South Africa: Access to Water Has a Long Racial History in Durban - I Followed the Story in the City's Archives

The water infrastructure politics of eThekwini, the municipality that includes the city of Durban, have been splashed across the digital pages of South Africa's news outlets in… Read more »

Africa: Children and Young People At Climate Talks - Seen, Photographed, but Not Allowed to Decide Anything

Children and young adults are very much involved in campaigning against the climate change that older generations have caused. The global youth climate justice movement uses… Read more »