Africa has been urged to move beyond climate commitments and translate them into tangible results through stronger collaboration, private investors and development institutions. George Nwangwu, Convener of the Africa Climate Forum, made the call in his welcome address at the fourth edition of the forum held in Abuja on Tuesday. He noted that the continent…
Climate change doesn’t change the virus or make it more infectious or deadly. It changes the infrastructure and systems – such as roads, clinics and patient records – that hold HIV in check. Here’s how the two connect, and how to report it. On 12 April 2022, Mfundo Shezi woke when the skies cracked open…
Nairobi — Africa is off track to meet its malaria reduction targets, with climate change, biological resistance, shrinking donor funding and inadequate intervention coverage threatening efforts to eliminate the disease by 2030, the World Health Organization has warned. WHO Kenya Deputy Representative Dr. Boston Zimba said the continent accounted for 94 per cent of global…
Should the world move away sharply from fossil fuels, or manage a slower, more careful retreat? That question underpinned many of the speeches from global leaders at this year’s High-level Week General Debate in New York, as climate change emerged as one of the defining fault lines dividing Member States. UN News reviewed some of…
Thousands of years ago, farmers in West Africa took a wild ancestor of rice and turned it into a crop of their own. But it was difficult to harvest and, over time, globally dominant Asian rice pushed it aside. Yet African rice survived in some of the region’s harshest growing conditions, coping with drought, deep…
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Suva, Fiji & Srinagar, India — Extreme heat is increasingly threatening pregnant women and newborn babies around the world, with almost all maternal health professionals surveyed across five continents saying they have cared for women or infants whose health was affected by high temperatures. The findings, released as climate ministers gathered in the Pacific ahead…
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Thursday that Republicans face an “uphill climb” in next month’s midterm elections — and that the results may be a data point he reviews as he decides whether to run for president in 2028. “Historically there’s always a bit of an uphill climb, and I…
As it calls for climate finance, Africa can showcase homegrown fixes that are beginning to blunt the fallout from rising heat and failed rains. African climate projects are restoring worn-out farmland, bringing back coastal mangrove forests and moving loans to smallholder farmers at a scale that is starting to show up in national figures. Backers…
Climate change is making life tougher. Across Africa, failed harvests, shrinking water supplies and more extreme weather are leaving millions of people hungry and forcing many from their homes. When communities compete for land and water, the risk of conflict can grow. African governments are now developing a Common African Position on Climate, Peace and…
