Despite a brief uptick in rainfall across the continent, critical water shortages persist, particularly in major river basins ...

A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world's people (49% or 4 ...

As climate change continues to threaten fragile ecosystems, a new stakeholder-informed framework is offering hope for the sustainable management of West Africa’s coastal lagoons.

In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, thousands of informal workers collect scrap metal from illegal dumpsites to survive ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $40m grant for the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (Sanbi) ...

Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, ...

Food systems specialist Jane Battersby, associate professor at the University of Cape Town, urges a shift in focus toward ...

A growing number of companies globally are feeling the financial strain of climate change, with costs projected to reach $1.2 ...

The world's biggest multilateral climate fund said it will make its largest ever series of investments and speed up ...

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Carbon markets are becoming increasingly important for the African economy, providing access to funding and new technologies ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...