Climate
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Awareness of climate refugees is growing. Full recognition is needed
International law doesn’t recognise people displaced by climate disasters as refugees unless they also fear persecution. It’s time for an update. As our planet ... -
How Addis Ababa is set to get hotter, wetter, drier, and bigger
A new study shows how climate change will lead to more heatwaves and severe flooding in Ethiopia’s capital, one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities. Addis ... -
Embracing Africa’s Green Legacy: A Letter to My Future Self
A leader in the Africa Youth Climate Assembly envisions an African climate future. Dear Future Self, As I write this letter to you, I ... -
Letter to future self: ‘The spirit of community action was the beating heart of our progress’
Looking ahead to a future free of fossil fuels, powered by the relentless sun, wind and other renewables. Dear Future Self, As you read ... -
The Africa Climate Summit: A matter of Ubuntu and justice
31 years after the inaugural climate Summit, Africa finally speaks. Articulating her own vision must be anchored in the idea of collective transformation. At ... -
View(s) from Africa: What’s at stake at Africa Climate Week?
We asked a panel of policy experts about their hopes, fears, and expectations from the Africa Climate Summit and Week. When President William Ruto ... -
“Rare, expensive”: Fish eating by Lake Victoria plunges amid climate change
90% of people along the lake’s shores in Tanzania say they ate fish four times per month ten years ago, compared to just 4% ... -
Revealed: Big conservation NGOs are majority governed by finance figures
Conservationists express alarm that finance execs dominate the boards of four powerful NGOs, especially as controversial carbon markets skyrocket. New analysis has revealed that ... -
The Africa Climate Summit must dare speak the unspeakable
Fossil fuels, by far the biggest source of emissions, have brought much harm and few benefits to Africa. Yet climate agreements barely mention them. ... -
The climate future is here, and it looks like this proud commune in S Africa
With solar power, urban farms, and radical grassroots democracy, eKhenana provides an impressive model for a sustainable low-carbon future. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C ...
