Climate change in Africa News

[Radio Dabanga] White Nile State -The acting governor of White Nile state has reported the death of at least one person and damage of 73 villages in various localities due to flash floods that swept the state lately.

[allAfrica] Accra -The  African Green Revolution Forum is a platform for global and African leaders to develop actionable plans that will move African agriculture forward.

[Nairobi News] Death toll from the Sunday flash floods at Hell's Gate National Park in Nakuru County has risen to six.

[This Day] The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), the Civil Society Network for the Lake Chad Basin (North East Nigeria), the Humanitarian Forum, UK with the support of the International Islamic Charity Organisation (IICO), have called on Nigerians to tackle natural disasters and climate change challenges, adversely affecting the people, especially those in the North-east.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe's debt position is hampering Cyclone Idai financial support mobilisation, a situation which may see the country's recovery efforts lagging behind its equally affected regional counterparts, the World Bank (WB) has said.

[UNFPA] "Women bear the brunt of extreme weather events because they lack economic, political and legal power." Action needs to be escalated regarding climate change to create a sustainable green future, said Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, South Africa.

[This Day] Katsina -Hundreds of residents, who were recently displaced by flood in Daura, the country home of President Muhammadu Buharu, yesterday claimed that the Federal and Katsina State Governments had abandoned them.

[Vanguard] Abuja -by Nwafor

[The Herald] The rehabilitation of Chimanimani is gaining traction with companies contracted to rebuild destroyed infrastructure making serious progress and most of them expecting to complete their work before the onset of rainy season. Cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani and Chipinge in March this year, killing hundreds of people and destroying infrastructure worth close to a billion dollars.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Stockholm -The world's seas are increasingly threatened by global warming, acidification and pollution, making it crucial to agree on a global treaty to protect them, the U.N. oceans envoy said.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -Donors make new pledges in a sign of approval for the work of the Green Climate Fund ahead of a pledging conference later this year

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Scientists are clear that we need to protect at least 30% of our global oceans by 2030 if we are to safeguard wildlife and to help mitigate the impacts of climate change

[News24Wire] The South African government says the right things about climate change, but continues to do the wrong things, global environmental activist group Greenpeace said after President Cyril Ramaphosa raised the issue at the G7 Summit.

[IPS] Addis Ababa -African leaders have been asked to walk the talk, and lead from the front, in order to build resilience and adaptation to the adverse impacts of climate change on the continent.

[East African] The European Commission is mobilising $55.9 million for emergency humanitarian funding to help people hit by drought in four countries in the Horn of Africa.

[SNA] Khartoum -Early warning unit at the General Meteorological has detected thunderstorms with high winds in parts of Greater Kordofan, Greater Darfur, Sinnar, Al-Gezira and White Nile states.

[Foroyaa] The roads in the Kanifing Municipality on Wednesday morning was inundated with water from the downpour of rain.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Stockholm -Social and political tensions fuelled by climate change have yet to translate into international military confrontations, but local conflicts are heating up due to pressures such as drought and water scarcity, officials and researchers said on Wednesday.

[UNFPA] Twenty-five years ago, world leaders acknowledged the threats of climate change at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). In the Programme of Action, they recognized that "ecological problems, such as global climate change, largely driven by unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, are adding to the threats to the well-being of future generations." The ICPD made clear that population, gender, health, rights and climate change are intertwined.

[Daily Maverick] New findings released this month by the journal Nature Communications reveal that English-language digital and print media give 49% more coverage to bush-league climate contrarians than top scientists. We asked Professor Guy Midgley, a Stellenbosch University expert on how biodiversity responds to the climate crisis. With the odds in favour of 'at scale climate change disinformation', as the study puts it, what's the best way for ordinary people to make sense of this wilderness?