Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water Flooding and landslides have killed at least 954 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia following tropical storms in recent days, with efforts under way to help thousands affected by the extreme weather. Arriving in North…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia needs to make the most of the 32nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP32) to play a pivotal player in the global fight against climate change and to transform its rich cultural heritage into a platform for promoting tourism, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. The Prime Minister gave today directions to the…
PRETORIA – Climate change is driving economic losses in developing nations. It’s slowing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and worsening threats such as infectious diseases, food insecurity, declining air quality, and mounting strain on health systems. This is according to a recently published health policy paper by Lancet Countdown Africa, a research collaboration hosted…
A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be environmentally friendly. The Paris Judicial Court found global oil and gas giant TotalEnergies guilty of misleading commercial practices, in a case brought by three environmental organisations. The October 2025 ruling marks the first time…
UN Secretary General António Guterres with COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago. PHOTO/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] African Non-State Actors (NSAs) who attended the COP30 in Belém, Brazil, have issued a comprehensive briefing summarising the key outcomes of the conference and their implications for Africa’s climate future. While the briefing acknowledges that COP30 did not deliver the breakthrough…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The Holhol Dam has been rehabilitated under the World Bank-supported Somalia Water for Rural Resilience Project (Barwaaqo) to support over 6,000 people and thousands of livestock. The upgraded dam now holds up to 70,000 cubic meters of water and serves surrounding villages such as Asha-ado, Abuqeys, and Sogsogley. The rehabilitation of five water…
As the sun set on the Amazon, the promise of a “people’s Cop” faded with it. The latest UN climate summit – known as Cop30, hosted in the Brazilian city of Belém – came with the usual geopolitics and the added excitement of a flood and a fire. The summit saw Indigenous protests on an…
It wasn’t a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I experienced the challenges of the United Nations COP30 climate talks firsthand. Delegates were hot and sweaty. Tech and aircon didn’t always work. Both flood and…
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, a broad alliance of governments, companies, Indigenous-peoples organisations and civil society announced the launch of the Scaling J-REDD+ Coalition, a global effort to accelerate jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programmes, mobilise large-scale finance and channel it into forests, climate and livelihoods. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), J-REDD+ could mobilise…
Africa NSAs also raised issue raised with the lack of commitments to address the primary driver of global warming: fossil fuels. PHOTO/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] As the 30th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30) came to an end in Belém, Brazil, African Non-State Actors (NSAs) have offered a measured response to the…
