Climate change in Africa News

[Malawi News Agency] Salima -- 2020. Salima District Council has been called upon to pay attention to weather information in order to ensure preparation for any incoming disasters.

[The Herald] Agriculture experts have cautioned against planting with the current rains saying farmers must instead take advantage of the wet conditions to speed up land preparations before the onset of the rainfall season.

[The Herald] The first showers that have fallen across much of Zimbabwe in the past week have brought relief from high temperatures and have started the process of wetting the soil.

[Premium Times] No fewer than 36 people have died while 470 others displaced from their homes following floods due to heavy rainfalls in various parts of Sokoto state from January to date.

[UNEP] Remarks prepared for delivery at the 7th OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment

[Leadership] No fewer than 36 people have died while 470 others displaced from their homes following floods due to heavy rainfalls in various parts of Sokoto state from January to date.

[ITC] The fifth edition of the State of Sustainable Markets report provides the latest facts and figures on standard-compliant land and agricultural and forestry products

[Cameroon Tribune] The information was made public by the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

[Daily Maverick] The climate crisis is the 'biggest wave' in a 'convergence of crises', say keynote speakers at the 10th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Barcelona -- The COVID-19 and economic crisis have thrown plans to deliver more ambitious climate plans off track - but delay is dangerous, vulnerable nations say

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -- A triple threat of coronavirus, climate change and conflict means an ambitious goal to end extreme poverty by 2030 looks increasingly unlikely, the World Bank says

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] There is a real risk that women will not be able to take advantage of new green jobs as countries overlook gender in pandemic stimulus

[UNEP] Khartoum -- The Government of Sudan and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today jointly launched the first-ever State of the Environment and Outlook Report for the Republic of Sudan under the theme of Environment for Peace and Sustainable Development.

[UNEP] In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$ 10 million for emergency conservation efforts under the New Deal, putting unemployed Americans to work. When South Korea was struggling with famine and a refugee crisis in the 1950s, the government restored forests and farmland, creating hundreds of thousands of rural jobs.

[New Zimbabwe] Traditional chiefs in Chimanimani and Chipinge will this Wednesday hold a Cyclone Idai cleansing ceremony in Machongwe area, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to visit the area Thursday.

[Premium Times] The governor also spoke on his discussion with President Buhari on matters like the second Niger Bridge and the federal roads in Anambra.

[Ghanaian Times] DisplaHundreds of families in Tamale metropolis and Sangnarigu municipality of the Northern Region have had their houses flooded.

[Seychelles News Agency] A new booklet in Creole - Citizens guide to Climate Change - was launched on Sunday to coincide with World Tourism Day, September 27. The guide was developed by a local not for profit organisation, Sustainability for Seychelles (S4S).

[Monitor] State minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru has said the flooding in Ntoroko District is the worst in the entire country and called for government's immediate intervention.

[GroundUp] Makhanda was without water for most of last week.