Farmers comprise 60 per cent of Africa’s population but climate pledges leave them out in the cold, say activists.
An NGO has doubled its grants for research into the impacts of solar radiation management in developing countries.
Empowering students with climate knowledge can better prepare communities for the effects of climate change.
As wealthy nations fail to fund climate change adaptation, Africa faces ‘human calamity’, expert warns.
Female farmers, hard hit by climate crisis, are underrepresented at talks in Egypt, writes Rahma Diaa.
Coastal communities in Africa face food insecurity as a result of rising sea levels.
Very little of the money promised to support indigenous communities’ conservation efforts reaches them, say analysts.
Rising temperatures and sea levels, rainfall anomalies and increasing extreme weather events exacerbate poverty.
About 6,000 heat-related deaths a year in Africa could be avoided if Paris climate target is achieved, say researchers.
Climate impacts of southern Africa storms must be communicated and factored into recovery, say scientists.
Africa Science Focus looks at the devastating impact of climate change.
Most people in three Ghanaian regions could be cut off from health services by 2050 due to flooding, a study says.
Climate change adaptation plans should be reworked to include invasive species control, a study suggests.
Coordinate climate change mitigation policies to boost water, food and energy security in Africa, researchers urge.
Africa’s climate scientists deserve global attention. In the lead up to COP26, here are the ones to watch.
Reliable, high quality and local climate data for aiding resilience should get urgent attention in East Africa.
Uganda’s modernised weather monitoring system is helping smallholders become resilient to climate change.
The global South must spearhead solar geoengineering R&D to highlight the poor’s plight, writes Esther Nakkazi.
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