Climate change in Africa News

[Namibian] Globally, one in five plants are close to extinction. That is equivalent to 40% of our flora vanishing in the next decades.

[Afrobarometer] Eight in 10 citizens aware of climate change say it is making life worse.

[New Zimbabwe] Metro UK's foreign correspondent Gergana Krasteva reports from Zimbabwe

[RFI] African leaders ended their second continental climate summit on Wednesday in Addis Ababa with a call for more money, fairer financing and a stronger voice in global talks.

[FrontPageAfrica] Addis Ababa -- The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA), Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, has called on African leaders, civil society, and international partners to put justice at the core of climate action.

[IPS] Addis Ababa -- Despite climate change being a health risk multiplier, health is often underrepresented in climate negotiation processes.

[GroundUp] "We really need public transport to make the city more accessible"

[This Day] Kano -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has handed over climate resilient health and education facilities funded by the United Kingdom to the Kano State Government.

[Vanguard] The United Kingdom Government has committed £19 million to strengthen climate-resilient health and education infrastructure in Nigeria, in partnership with the Federal Government, UNICEF, and the governments of Kano and Jigawa States.