Climate change in Africa News

[Daily Maverick] South Africa generates more than 250,000 tonnes of used tyres every year. A levy on new tyres has collected more than R5-billion since 2017. Less than half of this has reached the Waste Bureau, the state body responsible for the management of waste tyres. The bureau has failed to build a sustainable system. A culture of illegal dumping has filled that gap.

[UN News] The United Nations remains "the house of diplomacy and dialogue" in a divided world, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said as she closed the 80th session's general debate, urging nations to convert the week's momentum into concrete action on peace, climate change and institutional reform.

[Daily Trust] When Africa gathered in Addis Ababa from September 8 to 10, 2025, for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS-2), the message was loud and clear: the continent wants climate investment, not climate aid. This second gathering of African leaders, experts, financiers, and activists was not just another diplomatic ritual. It was a defining moment in which Africa sought to reframe its role in the global climate economy--from a victim of climate disasters to an investment frontier rich with opportunities.

[MISA] This year's theme, Ensuring Access to Environmental Information in the Digital Age, is especially crucial for Southern Africa, a region highly vulnerable to climate shocks.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Second African Climate Summit, held in Addis Ababa from 8-10 September 2025, marked a defining moment in Africa's approach to climate change. Traditionally framed as a region vulnerable to global emissions yet lacking bargaining leverage, Africa has increasingly asserted itself as a source of practical solutions, innovative finance, and policy leadership.

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued severe storm warnings for various provinces, urging residents and motorists to exercise caution as unpredictable weather conditions unfold.

[Addis Standard] Severe hail mixed with heavy rain in Tigray and a series of floods and landslides in Amhara have destroyed thousands of hectares of farmland, leaving tens of thousands of farming households facing hardship.

[SNA] Port Sudan, Sept. 28, 2025 (SUNA) - The Early Warning Unit of the General Administration of Nile Water Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation issued today a red alert warning of "dire jeopardy" in the states of Blue Nile, Sennar, Khartoum, River Nile, and White Nile.

[Nile Post] On the Next Morning, Switch show on Next Radio 106.1FM, Hon. Mugarra, the State Minister for Tourism, shared inspiring insights about his personal journey into conservation and tourism, as well as Uganda's unmatched beauty and hospitality.

[Shabait] Eritrea like many nations on the frontlines, has been experiencing severe and escalating impacts of climate change. Increasing temperatures and erratic precipitation are driving disasters that undermine our economy and threaten the livelihoods of our people.

[Nile Post] Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening its coffee partnership with Italy, unveiling new initiatives aimed at value addition, climate resilience, and market competitiveness.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The pastoralist communities who purchased livestock insurance to safeguard their herds told Addis Standard that despite making payments, they have not received compensation for losses, saying, "The insurance we bought has not paid us." Zonal and Oromia officials, however, maintain that payouts were implemented.

[Leadership] Authorities have said that about five communities in the Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State are underwater due to flooding.

[IPS] Addis Ababa -- At the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8-10 September, African leaders committed to the climate and health nexus and their desire to advance climate-resilient and adaptive health systems on the continent.

[SADC] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat convened a regional workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 17 to 25 September 2025, to build technical capacity in the use of the ClimSA Station platform for agrometeorological services.

[UN News] From accelerating the move to clean energy to planting acres of trees, leaders from more than 100 countries announced or reiterated new national climate action plans during a meeting on Wednesday as part of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly.

[UN News] From the rainforests of Central America to low-lying atolls in the Pacific and drought-stricken plains in Africa, leaders came to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday with a common message: climate change is no longer a distant threat, but an immediate danger demanding bolder global commitments.

[Global Witness] UN Climate Change have announced new disclosure requirements for people attending COP, in a big win for accountability and transparency at climate talks after years of tireless effort from campaigners

[UN News] Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking heat in Europe have underscored what scientists have warned for years: climate change is escalating faster than the political response. Against this backdrop, the UN Secretary-General is holding a climate summit during the high-level week of the General Assembly, pressing nations to raise their climate pledges ahead of November's UN climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.

[ANGOP] New York -- the minister of Environment, Ana Paula de Carvalho said on Monday (22) in New York that Angola has completed its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC3), meeting the September deadline and setting more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change.