Climate Impacts
The Unseen Toll of Climate Migration in Africa
- African Climate Insights
The sun beats down on the cracked earth of northern Kenya. A once-thriving riverbed now lies dry; its parched surface…
Climate Impacts
The Unseen Toll of Climate Migration in Africa
- African Climate Insights
The sun beats down on the cracked earth of northern Kenya. A once-thriving riverbed now…
Climate Impacts
Why Africa’s Fastest-Growing Cities Are Sinking Under Water
- African Climate Insights
Floods are increasingly devastating African cities, exposing a long-ignored urban crisis. In April 2022, heavy…
Climate Finance
Can COP16’s New Financial Mechanism Deliver for Africa?
- African Climate Insights
The recently concluded CBD COP16 in Rome marked an essential moment for global biodiversity conservation….
Climate Impacts
East Africa’s Glaciers Are Vanishing, And So Is Its Water
- African Climate Insights
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate worldwide. Since 2000, over 6,500 billion tons of…
Climate Science
IPCC Deadlock: Why Rushed Climate Report Could Silence Global South
- African Climate Insights
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in Hangzhou, China, ended in deadlock for…
Energy
Inside East Africa’s Untapped Geothermal Goldmine
- African Climate Insights
East Africa sits on a goldmine of geothermal energy. Yet, it remains largely untapped. The…
Climate Finance
Carbon Offsetting in Africa: Who Really Benefits?
- African Climate Insights
Carbon offset projects are rising across Africa. Governments and corporations tout them as a win-win…
General
How African Women Are Redefining Climate Action
- African Climate Insights
March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements of women and reflect…
Climate Impacts
How climate change is rewriting Africa’s food security
- African Climate Insights
Climate change is profoundly altering Africa’s food security landscape. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and extreme…
Climate Finance
Inside Africa’s fight for realistic climate plans amid global pressure
- African Climate Insights
The February 2025 deadline for updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) has been extended to September…
Adaptation
How Africa’s time-tested traditions are tackling climate change
- African Climate Insights
African communities face harsh climate challenges. Droughts, floods, and soil degradation affect millions. Scientific models…
Energy
Dar es Salaam Declaration: Unified push to end the continent’s power crisis
- African Climate Insights
The Africa Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has set the…
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2024
Perspectives of the Global South on the NCQG
This process aims to determine a quantified goal, framed by Article 2 of the PA…
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2024
An Environmental Genocide: Counting the Human and Environmental Cost of Oil in Bayelsa, Nigeria
Bayelsa, in the Niger Delta, in Southern Nigeria, is in the grip of a human…
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2024
Rebuilding Confidence and Trust after the $100 billion: recommendations for the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG)
At COP21, Parties committed to establishing the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance…