Africa: New Report On Climate ‘Overshoot’ – What It Means for Africa and How Faster Action Can Limit the Damage

Africa: New Report On Climate ‘Overshoot’ – What It Means for Africa and How Faster Action Can Limit the Damage

Climate change has already doubled the world’s heatwaves between 2024 and 2025 and brought more severe droughts, floods and water shortages to Africa. These changes are damaging crops, homes, infrastructure and ecosystems, and placing growing pressure on people’s health and livelihoods. On 2 September 2026, the United Nations Environment Programme released a report called Limiting…

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Africa: New Report On Climate ‘Overshoot’ – What It Means for Africa and How Faster Action Can Limit the Damage

Africa: Global Food Supply Has Become ‘Collateral Damage’ in Conflicts – Secretary-General

The disruption of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Black Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait has worsened hunger crises and must immediately end, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. Speaking to reporters in New York on Monday, Mr. Guterres warned that the global food supply has become “collateral damage” in conflicts involving the US, Iran,…

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Africa: New Report On Climate ‘Overshoot’ – What It Means for Africa and How Faster Action Can Limit the Damage

Africa: Growing Social Alarm Across Africa Over the Damage Caused By Illegal Mining

Monrovia (Fides News Agency) – Liberia has announced the establishment of a task force to combat illegal mining. The new body, called the Protect Our Resources Taskforce (PORT), has been created to strengthen inspections, improve enforcement of mining regulations and enhance government oversight of the phenomenon. According to the Liberian newspaper The New Dawn, the…

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Africa pushes for urgent overhaul of UN loss and damage mechanism

Africa pushes for urgent overhaul of UN loss and damage mechanism

INFOGRAPHIC/EYEWITNESS MEDIA GROUP. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] African climate stakeholders have called for urgent reforms to the UN’s Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), warning that current global responses to climate impacts are “grossly inadequate.” Speaking at the 5th African Regional Conference on Loss and Damage in Lilongwe, Malawi, the Pan African Climate…

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