Climate change in Africa News

[New Times] The government plans to spend Rwf7 trillion in the 2025/26 fiscal year, which starts July 1, with a significant share of the funding sourced domestically, which reflects a steady progress toward sustainable national financing.

[UN News] Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third United Nations Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean.

[IPS] Nice, France -- Just before dawn, a flotilla of wooden canoes drifts silently through mangrove-tangled channels where roots sprout from the black mud of the lagoon. Here, at the edge between sea and forest, lies a story of restoration.

[Namibian] The Namibia Meteorological Service says the current cold front sweeping across the country will largely affect livestock.

[Daily Trust] A severe windstorm in Garba-Chede, a town in Bali Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba State, has claimed no fewer than six lives and left 30 others wounded.

[ISS] Without enough capital or enabling global policy, expecting Africa to decouple economic growth from carbon emissions is a pipe dream.

[RFI] Harare, Zimbabwe - Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, is fast becoming a key player in the battle against climate change, developing innovative approaches to tackle waste management, restore degraded ecosystems, and promote sustainable urban planning. Like many other cities across the globe, Harare faces significant environmental challenges - yet it is also a site of remarkable community-driven solutions and government-led initiatives aimed at securing a greener, more sustainable future.

[Parliament of South Africa] Parliament, Thursday, 12 June 2025 - The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has noted with sadness the severe flooding that has left 49 people dead so far and others without homes as flood waters washed away houses and destroyed road infrastructure in the Eastern Cape.

[IPS] Nice, France -- Just before dawn, the worn wooden dhows begin gliding toward the shore at Magogoni fish market in Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam. Their tattered sails flutter against the orange sky. Exhausted fishers step out onto the muddy sand, hauling frayed nets and plastic crates, their sun-creased faces tight with fatigue.

[IPS] Nice, France -- As the sun peeked through the French Riviera clouds and a dozen reporters sipped orange juice aboard the WWF Panda Boat docked at Port Lympia, Frankie Orona, a Native American rights advocate from the Society of Native Nations in San Antonio, Texas, stunned the room into a moment of absolute stillness.

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[DW] Four school children were among the dead, as heavy rainfall and bitterly cold conditions persist across the country. The storm has also affected the power and water supply in the Eastern Cape.

[Premium Times] Mr Oyetola stressed that prompt ratification of the BBNJ Agreement and increased funding for blue economy initiatives are crucial steps that must be backed by political will, scientific rigour, and global cooperation.

[Foroyaa] Joe Bongay, a prominent Gambian environmental activist and founder of Ecoview Africa, has been appointed as the Civil Society Observer Focal Point to the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) under the World Bank Group.

[New Times] The Country Is Promoting Late afternoon pesticide application and modern beekeeping practices to curb pesticide-related bee deaths, according to officials at Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB).

[World Bank] Conakry -- The World Bank Group has approved a $100 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Guinea's Kounki Fisheries and Aquaculture Project.

[The Conversation Africa] Women in Africa are often framed as especially vulnerable to climate change. Our earlier research suggested that women entrepreneurs often face a "triple differential vulnerability" to climate risk compared to men.

[Premium Times] According NiMet's forcast, early morning thunderstorms are expected over parts of Benue, Kwara, Niger, the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa States in the North-central region.

[Scrolla] Emergency workers have now confirmed nine people have died in floods in the OR Tambo District Municipality on Monday and Tuesday. A school bus carrying pupils is still missing after it was swept away at the Efata Bridge near Mthatha, with at least 10 people feared dead.

[IPS] Nice, France -- "There is no climate action without ocean action," President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands told reporters, as she and other representatives of Pacific island states reiterated that countries must honor their climate action agreements.