Decision Could Promote Rights-Based Adaptation, Durable Solutions The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is poised to issue an advisory opinion on states’ human rights obligations in the climate crisis. This is an opportunity to strengthen protections for people displaced by climate change and to call for a rights-respecting approach. A petition filed in…
Human Rights Watch respectfully seeks leave to submit an amicus curiae to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereafter the Court) in relation to its forthcoming advisory opinion on the human rights obligations of states in the context of the climate change crisis. Our research shows that climate change already negatively affects communities…
The war’s impact on Africa will be profound – but lessons learnt could spur a rapid energy transition to a more peaceful continent. The world is embroiled in a war precipitated by the United States (US) and Israel’s attack on Iran, resulting in the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders. This, with…
Climate adaptation finance models have led to measurable results in Benin, Namibia and Ethiopia, AU report finds. [YAOUNDE, SciDev.Net] A climate change adaptation financing model implemented in Benin that has enabled new flood defences, irrigation systems, and resilient crops, has been hailed as an example to other African nations. The West African country faces mounting…
As regulators prepare to rule on the future of a global aviation climate program, a growing number of experts and project developers are warning that the outcome could determine whether the system succeeds collapses. The decision, expected from the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, will shape the supply of carbon credits available under…
Climate change is a profound challenge to the livelihoods of many people in African countries who have contributed so little to its cause. More frequent extreme weather events (floods, heatwaves and droughts) are making hunger, insecurity and displacement much worse. The continent holds an estimated 30% of the minerals that are essential for the future…
All-time high greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere continue to drive heat records on land and sea, with long-lasting consequences for humanity, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Monday. Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN’s weather agency has said that the planet’s climate is “more out of balance than at…
Nairobi — The period from 2015 to 2025 has been the hottest 11-year stretch on record, with Earth’s climate system increasingly out of balance due to rising greenhouse gas emissions, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report released Monday. The UN weather agency’s flagship State of the Global Climate 2025 report found that…
Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition lifeboat for over 800 million people worldwide. Sub-saharan Africa contributes over 63% of the world’s total cassava production. Nigeria alone grows over 20% of the world’s cassava, which is also the continent’s second most important staple…
The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis. Floods are destroying infrastructure that took decades to build. Droughts are collapsing harvests and displacing communities. Extreme heat is eroding labour productivity and straining health systems. Coastal communities are losing ground to rising seas and storm surges….
