Climate change in Africa News

[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.

[Monitor] On May 10, Ms Jessica Kobugabe, 62, was seen erecting a temporary shelter under a tree shade in Kachwakumu Village, Kanara Sub-county, Ntoroko District.

[groundWork] In its court proceedings, groundWork is asking the North Gauteng High Court to order the Minister and NERSA to provide reasons for various decisions related to the Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity, 2019 (IRP).

[Daily News] IT is 15 years since Omar Mzee Juma, a resident of Mkokotoni, abandoned his home close to the beach and moved into higher land for his family's safety after witnessing floods and soil erosion caused by the rising sea.

[Daily News] DESPITE the success in the control of importation and use of plastic bags, disposable water bottles still litter the streets of Zanzibar.

[The Herald] The boot is on the other foot for the donkey now! And truly speaking, the donkey's status has undergone an overnight transformation -- from that lowly-rated animal associated with poverty to the new broom on the communal farm where it is now valuable draught power, all thanks to droughts and diseases that have killed cattle.

[Nation] The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned of likely persistence in cases of respiratory diseases such as asthma, pneumonia, flu and common colds in some regions.

[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia has a thousand and above years' experience in planting seedlings of different plant species with whole nations living together.

[PR Newswire] Aspen, Colorado -- Ten projects from around the world receive $25,000 each for reducing greenhouse gas emissions or promoting carbon uptake

[Vanguard] The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has expressed regrets over the death of a mother and her four children in Abuja on Saturday, after torrential rainfall in Gwagwalada area council that swept away some houses.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has set a direction to Investment and Jobs Creation National Committee to create far more jobs next Ethiopian year. The premier noted this yesterday while he met the Investment and Jobs Creation National Committee to evaluate the national jobs creation activities that were taken place over the past year and to set direction for the year ahead.

[Daily Maverick] The massive, urgent global response to the Covid-19 pandemic shows that it is possible to bring foresighted leadership to existential threats to humanity. The question is why, with such clear information on the threat available in science, the world has not shown similar urgency to the question of climate change.