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Climate

Home›African Arguments›Category: "Climate" (Page 2)

Bringing you coverage of climate issues from across Africa. From energy to activism, agriculture to culture, future visions to climate financing, we seek to report, investigate, illuminate, and analyse.

  • Extreme weather events leading to devastating flooding in Nigeria have become 80 times more likely due to climate change according to scientists. Credit: ISeeAfrica.
    ClimateNigeriaPoliticsTop story

    Where do Nigeria’s frontrunners stand on climate change?

    By Oluwaseun Oguntuase
    February 20, 2023
    Only one candidate devotes more than a few passing mentions to climate change in their manifesto. When Nigeria’s new president is sworn in on ...
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  • Cross River state in Nigeria is estimated to have lost nearly 9% of its tree cover since 2000 due to deforestation. Credit: Mathias Rittgerott/Rettet den Regenwald.
    ClimateNigeriaTop story

    “People want to be rich overnight”: Nigeria logging abounds despite ban

    By Ekpali Saint
    January 31, 2023
    In Cross River state, home to much of Nigeria’s remaining forest, locals and officials accuse the state government of profiting from illegal logging. As ...
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  • Two women from the Ndebele tribe wait for the start of an initiation ceremony. Credit: UN Photo/P.
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    Why 30×30 would be the worst possible outcome of COP15

    By Fiore Longo
    December 8, 2022
    The plan to turn 30% of the earth into Protected Areas is based on a deeply unscientific and racist logic. On my first field ...
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  • Frontline communities, Indigenous groups and climate activists say no to false solutions at COP27 outcomes. Credit: Madeleine Race, Friends of the Earth International
    ClimateTop story

    What did COP27 achieve (and fail to achieve)?

    By Imraan Valodia & Julia Taylor
    November 22, 2022
    The climate negotiations made progress on loss and damage, but failed to address the central challenge of reducing carbon emissions. There were high expectations ...
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  • This year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) is taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Environment, Rwanda.
    Climate

    Taking the temperature halfway through COP27

    By ACET
    November 18, 2022
    A panel of experts and institutional actors reflect on what’s happened at the climate talks so far. The African Center for Economic Transformation hosted ...
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  • Agroecology is the solution needed to tackle emissions from agriculture at COP27.
    ClimateTop story

    Agroecology is the African-led solution we need from COP27

    By Sena Alouka
    November 11, 2022
    Industrialised agriculture is big driver of emissions. Agroecology is sustainable, resilient, high yield, and gives farmers sovereignty. It is a welcome shift to see ...
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  • COP27 takes places in Egypt from 6-18 November. Credit: Jeffrey Barbee/Thomson Reuters Foundation.
    ClimateTop story

    COP27: It’s Africa’s time to lead

    By Lily Odarno
    November 7, 2022
    Four lessons for African leaders as they head into the climate talks. World leaders are convening in Sharm El-Sheikh for COP27 at a distinctive moment ...
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  • Africa COP27. UN Women/Joe Saade
    ClimateEditor's Picks

    What African governments must fight for at COP27

    By Africa Climate Justice Collective
    October 11, 2022
    African delegations must demand loss and damage reparations, that fossil fuels stay in the ground, and that false solutions are abandoned.  Climate change remains ...
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  • Truck drivers have continued to pour soil to fill up wetland areas in Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda. Credit: Nangayi Guyson.
    ClimateEconomyEditor's PicksUganda

    “The rich are untouchable”: Uganda’s struggles to protect its wetlands

    By Nangayi Guyson
    September 1, 2022
    As communities and small businesses are cleared from environmentally precious zones, big companies expand unabated. Last week, state officials accompanied by security forces swept ...
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  • Africa large-scale agriculture. Credit: StormSignal.
    ClimateEconomy

    Large-scale agricultural projects are not working for Africa

    By Tim Wegenast & Cécile Richetta
    August 30, 2022
    Big farming investments reduce local food security and erode trust. They need a fundamental rethink. In recent weeks, observers and officials have described the ...
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