Climate change in Africa News

[Daily Trust] It is no news that the northern parts of the country are challenged by desertification and drought, which have affected the environment and livelihood in the area as a result of poor or no harvest of farm produce.

[Daily Trust] The Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN) has announced that it has received the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accreditation and has thus become the first Direct Access Entity (DAE) and the only authorized Nigerian channel for accessing green financing from the GCF.

[RFI] Local residents were desperately searching for survivors on Wednesday after a landslide in a remote area of southern Ethiopia killed more than 200 people, the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa nation.

[Ethiopian Herald] The rescuing and rehabilitating efforts have been continued to save people affected by landslide occurred in Geze Gofa District of South Ethiopia State, Officials said.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has welcomed the signing of the Climate Change Bill by President Cyril Ramaphosa, into law.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Disaster Risk Management Commission revealed that the government of Ethiopia has been providing emergency support to victims of landslide occurred in Gofa Zone, Geze Gofa Woreda, Kencho Shacha Gozdi Kebele of Southern Ethiopia Region on Monday.

[DW] Scores of people have been killed after heavy rains in the remote south of Ethiopia. Authorities warned the death toll could continue to climb as bodies as well as survivors were pulled from the mud.

[African Arguments] What can governments do to mitigate the risks carbon offsets can pose to rights, livelihoods, food security, and ecosystems?

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The death toll from a landslide that struck the Gofa Zone in the South Ethiopia regional State on Monday at 10:00 AM has surpassed 157, according to officials from the Gofa Zone.

[DW] Scores of people have been killed after heavy rains in the remote south of Ethiopia. Authorities warned the death toll could continue to climb as bodies as well as survivors were pulled from the mud.

[The Conversation Africa] Nature-based solutions are actions that use nature to solve environmental problems. Examples in cities would be setting up a wetland near a group of buildings to absorb floodwater, or building permeable pavements.

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is boosting the Liberian National Red Cross Society's efforts to provide relief to flood-affected communities.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Climate Change Bill, which sets out a national climate change response, including mitigation and adaptation actions, which also constitutes South Africa's fair contribution to the global climate change response.

[Leadership] Many residents of the Gada local government area of Sokoto State have been rendered homeless, with their farmlands, 228 houses and livestock washed away by recent incessant rainfall.

[RFI] Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country.

[Ethiopian Herald] In Ethiopia, agriculture is the engine of the economy; it covers over 80% of the economy of the country, employs the majority of the population and contributes significantly to the country's GDP. Out of all the agriculture sectors, coffee plays a significant role in earning huge amount of foreign currency and creating considerable number of employment opportunity.

[Daily News] CLIMATE change and environment activists have requested for financial support from the Group of 20 (G-20) so as to increase investments in affordable and renewable energy.

[Nile Post] Only 9 percent of all plastic that has ever been produced has been recycled

[African Arguments] South Africa's environmental justice movement will have its work cut out challenging the interests of fossil capital under the unity government.

[ISS] Could policy convergence on climate change be a ray of hope in the country's new Government of National Unity?