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Climate Change
“Extreme weather events will be the new normal if global warming increases at current speed”
— Rondrotiana Barimalala, climate change researcher and contributing author to IPCC Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, on what it means for Africa.
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Climate Change
IPCC report: 'Code red' for human driven global heating, warns UN chief
The report highlights that human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in at least the last 2,000 years.
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Climate Change
Multi-agency report highlights the current and future state of the climate in Africa
Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa -
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Restoring Sudan’s forest cover, one tree at a time
Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in Sudan’s White Nile State. -
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How sea cucumbers are boosting the bioeconomy in Zanzibar
Offering alternative livelihoods, sea cucumbers provide new hope -
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Climate Change
Summit expected to deliver concrete actions to halt climate change
New pathways and practical actions to shift global response
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Climate Change
Pushing for a green economy & clean energy
—Joyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director
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Climate Change
Women pastoralists feel the heat of climate change
Faced with the harsh effects of erratic weather patterns, some Kenyan women livestock farmers call for help
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Climate Change
Ugandan students turn waste to wealth
St. Kizito High School students earn money from recycling
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Climate Change
Young Africans create green businesses
The youth are the driving force for action on climate and the environment. -
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Taking action on climate change
World leaders attending the Climate Action Summit at the UN in New York in September 2019 to bring concrete, realistic plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -
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Cape Town water taps running dry
South Africa’s second biggest city averts a water crisis—for now
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FAO issues alert over third consecutive failed rainy season, worsening hunger in East Africa
Number of people needing humanitarian assistance on the rise -
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African leaders laud Climate Summit
New initiatives to address agriculture and renewable energy agreed upon
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What does the ‘Doha Climate Gateway’ mean for Africa?
Not nearly enough, given the continent’s vulnerability
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Web Feature
What does the ‘Doha Climate Gateway’ mean for Africa?
Not nearly enough, given the continent’s vulnerability -
Web Feature
Desertification a threat to Africa’s development
Exclusive interview with Luc Gnacadja, head of UN desertification convention -
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Climate talks: A faint ray of sunshine in Cancun
But storm clouds loom for efforts to protect Africa's environment -
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An African chorus on climate change
From activists to presidents, a call for urgent global action -
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Africa sharpens its voice on climate
Leaders forging a common position for climate change talks -
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Saving Africa’s forests, the ‘lungs of the world’
Forest conservation can help counter climate change -
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Climate change: Africa gets ready
Planning how to deal with higher temperatures, shifting weather -
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