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[Crop Trust] Genebanks and global cooperation deliver versatile, climate-resilient solutions for farmers

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Public Works has called for integrated and strengthened measures to manage river basins in order to address effectively drought, climate change and pollution.

[Health-e] Three years ago, Zibuyile Ntuli's life turned upside down. In April 2022 she lost her home and six of her immediate family in one fell swoop when KwaZulu-Natal experienced some of the worst flooding on record. Close to 500 people lost their lives, over 4000 homes were destroyed, and 40 000 people were left homeless.

[UN News] Decades of progress in protecting the planet's carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the climate crisis continues to accelerate, UN forestry experts said on Wednesday.

[Nile Post] When the controversy over Nakivubo Channel erupted in August this year--after businessman Hamis Kiggundu began constructing over the city's main drainage channel--Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago stood out as one of the few public officials who dared to speak up.

[The Conversation Africa] Children and young adults are very much involved in campaigning against the climate change that older generations have caused. The global youth climate justice movement uses protests, strikes and court cases to block fossil fuel expansion. But do they have any say in what their governments do to address climate change, or a voice at the annual COP climate change conferences, where the world's leaders make important climate decisions? Research by Florencia Paz Landeira, Alicia O'Sullivan, Aoife Daly and

[Vanguard] As Nigeria grapples with food insecurity, declining soil fertility, and the mounting impact of climate change, a new wave of sustainable agriculture practices is emerging through public-private collaboration. One example is MAGGI's Regenerative Agriculture (RegenAg) initiative, which is supporting thousands of local soybean farmers to adopt climate-smart practices and improve productivity.

[New Zimbabwe] The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has forecast a normal to above-normal rainfall season across most parts of Zimbabwe for the 2025-2026 farming period.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment warns that the world is still far from meeting the Paris Agreement goals, with global warming projections showing only marginal improvement despite new national pledges -- leaving the planet on course for a dangerous escalation in climate risks.

[Oxfam] In response to the UNEP Emissions Gap Report published today, Nafkote Dabi, Climate Policy Lead at Oxfam, said:

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Professor Makane Mbengue, the African Union's External Counsel at the International Court of Justice, underscored that African states' rights and duties in the fight against global warming can no longer be treated as mere political aspirations.

[World Bank] Nairobi -- An estimated 123,000 households (about 738,000 Somalis), will receive regular and emergency cash transfers, youth employment support, and conditional cash for health and education, after the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved the Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment Project (BOOST-You).

[Unicef] Rome/New York/Geneva -- FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn of the highest levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Al Fasher and Kadugli; improvements seen where fighting has receded and services have resumed

[This Day] Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday departed the nation's capital, Abuja, for Brazil to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 30th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, tagged COP 30, holding in the South American country.

[Leadership] Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Belem, Brazil, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 30th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), which is hosted in the capital city of Pará state, located in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

[Namibian] The City of Windhoek, in collaboration with Santam Namibia, unveiled flood warning and depth marker signs on Monday to improve public safety at high-risk river crossings throughout Windhoek.

[Nile Post] The President of the Democratic Front (DF), Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, has called on the government to urgently intervene and support traders in Kampala whose businesses have been severely affected by the recent floods that hit several parts of the city.

[ISS] Better water retention infrastructure would enable communities to withstand the region's many security and developmental challenges.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has cautioned of flooding in poorly drained urban areas, landslides in hilly regions, and lightning strikes in Kisii, Kisumu, and Narok counties as heavy rains continue across several parts of the country.

[Ghanaian Times] The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has urged legislators to show total commitment towards climate change actions, especially the reduction of methane gas emission, and be the voice of the most vulnerable groups in the constituencies they represent.