Climate change in Africa News

[UN News] There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, and the likelihood is increasing with time, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), published on Tuesday in Geneva.

[UN News] The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in the Ivorian capital.

[RFI] The UN's COP 15 against desertification has kicked off in the Ivorian capital, striving for concrete action against the rapid degradation of land and its dire consequences for biodiversity and livelihoods.

[New Era] The Oukwanyama traditional authority has placed Okambebe headman Fillemon Nghipangwa on suspension after drought relief food went to waste while under his care.

[The Herald] Sifelani Tsiko -- Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor

[Daily Maverick] The South African National Defence Force is on the ground in KwaZulu-Natal to help in the recovery operations after floodwaters destroyed roads and bridges, leaving many people isolated.

[New Frame] The deluge in KwaZulu-Natal is part of unpredictable weather patterns that will only worsen in cities with infrastructure already failing. Society needs to rally for change now.

[The Point] Billions of tons of CO2 are released into the atmosphere every year as a result of coal, oil, and gas production.

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana plans to establish a financial mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts, as the country assumes the presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).

[New Frame] Bodies are still missing after heavy rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal caused massive flooding. Now distraught families are left to pick through the wreckage of their lives.

[Africa Renewal] Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira, Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN, says it's time for climate justice for Africa.

[Govt of SA] Keynote address delivered by the Minister of Transport, Mr Fikile Mbalula on the occasion of the Presidential Climate Commission's Multi Stakeholder conference held at Vodworld Vodacom Conference Centre

[Govt of SA] Limpopo dam levels have slightly declined this week.

[New Times] A report by the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management has disclosed that 107 people were killed by disasters from January to April this year.

[Ghanaian Times] A two-day high-level stakeholder workshop on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Climate Strategy has ended in Accra with all 15 Ministers of Environment of the ECOWAS Member States validating the strategy.

[Premium Times] The recurring floods in the Lokogoma community have been blamed on poor channelisation of water ways.

[This Day] Omolabake Fasogbon writes about how gaps in Nigerian safety policy and efforts have deepened Nigeria's vulnerability to crisis and disaster

[SAnews.gov.za] Public Works and Infrastructure, Minister Patricia de Lille, will hand over the latest bridge to the community of Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal.

[New Times] Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed "Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa (TAFS-WCA)" which is aimed to increase food security and combat climate crisis.

[Premium Times] "The North-central region should be mostly cloudy in the morning hours with chances of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Benue, the Federal Capital Territory and Kogi.