Climate change in Africa News

[This Day] Ebonyi State -- Nigeria started the process of revising her Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in March 2020 year and is due to conclude the exercise in November. The result of the process will be a revised national pledge on climate action that will be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the end of the year. The NDCs are voluntary documents that governments agreed that Parties to the UNFCCC will submit to show what each government has committed to do in order to tackle

[Radio Dabanga] Kabkabiya -- In Sudan, torrential rains caused the death of five people and the injury of three others, in addition to the destruction of hundreds of houses in North Darfur.

[MAP] Rabat -- The climate change competence Center (4C Maroc) is preparing the launch, in the coming weeks, of the prefiguration study of the Sahel Climate Fund for the financing of the "Sahel Climate Investment Plan", according to the Center.

[Ethiopian Herald] Starting last Ethiopian rainy season, the incumbent has introduced Green Legacy Campaign aimed at planting 20 billion trees in five years. During the first year of the campaign, the government and the public at large have made a great history having smashed world record by planting 353 million tree seedlings in a single day.

[Malawi News Agency] Phalombe -- Zainab Maida and her family could still have been holding double temporary-settlements if the community did not make any effort in the management of a dyke constructed in her area in 2012.

[The Herald] With COVID-19 aggravating an already severe hunger crisis in Zimbabwe, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is appealing for an additional US$250 million to support a rapidly expanding emergency operation for millions at-risk.

[Radio Dabanga] Sudan -- Torrential rains swept through large parts of Sudan in the past few days. Thousands of homes and public buildings have collapsed. People in the rain-stricken areas live in poor humanitarian conditions.

[Nation] The brutal killing of Esther Mwikali, a 57-year-old land rights activist whose mutilated body was found dumped near her home at Mithini village in Murang'a County in August last year, has seen Kenya remain in a list of countries considered hostile to land and environment defenders in the world.

[Greenpeace] Talking about climate change requires critical language skills. Is it really an accurate way to describe one of the planet's biggest existential threats?

[Vanguard] Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday called on the government to demolish houses built on waterways in the council to avoid perennial flooding.

[World Bank] $247 million from the World Bank will support the government's goal of finding a sustainable growth path and building the resilience of its population

[New Zimbabwe] The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking more international donor support to prevent millions of Zimbabweans from plunging deeper into hunger.

[Ensia] The coronavirus pandemic and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement have many environmentalists paying attention to the inextricable links between marginalized peoples and environmental pollution.

[Government of Mauritius] The launch of the review process of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Mauritius will be effected soon through videoconference and will bring together all stakeholders and different segments of the society to promote an inclusive and participatory approach in that exercise. The country is moreover benefitting from the support of the French government to the tune of 200,000 euros and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to the tune of USD 300,000 for the review.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The pandemic is a wake-up call to address climate change once and for all

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Wealthy nations have not kept promises to the poorest people, now being hammered hard by weather disasters

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The youth advisory group of seven is tasked with providing perspectives and ideas to help scale up climate action

[This Day] Warri -- No fewer than 15 houses and farmlands have been submerged by devastating flood in Abari, a riverine community in Patani Local Government area of Delta State.

[WFP] With COVID-19 aggravating an already severe hunger crisis in Zimbabwe, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for an additional US$250 million to support a rapidly expanding emergency operation for millions at-risk.

[SNA] The Secretary-General of the United Nations announced on Monday 27 July 2020 the formation of a youth advisory group consisting of seven persons from several countries including Sudan, Fiji, Moldova, the United States, France, Brazil, and India.