Climate change in Africa News
South Africa: Lessons From South Africa On How Parks and Community Gardens Can Help Cities Adapt to Climate Change
[The Conversation Africa] Climate change is affecting cities more and more. This creates major challenges, but it also gives fast-growing cities, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, the chance to adapt to global warming in new and better ways.
Nigeria: Report - Cost of Cooking Jollof Rice Soars 624 Percent in 10 Years As Climate, Insecurity Deepen Nigeria's Food Crisis
[This Day] · Average cost of a pot hits N29,578, up 14.6% in one year
Nigeria: Cambridge, Unilag Identify 10 Locations for Urban Heat Research in Lagos
[This Day] A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK, in partnership with the University of Lagos (UNILAG), will lead a consortium of stakeholders in a three-year research to identify the negative health risks of extreme heat across 10 selected settlements in Lagos.
Kenya: Kindiki Assures Kenyans of Food Security Measures Amid Poor Rains, Expected El Niño
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has assured Kenyans that the government is implementing extensive measures to cushion farmers and safeguard national food security following below-average rainfall that has affected crop production in several key agricultural regions.
Somalia: Sodma Rallies Health Sector Ahead of Super El Niño
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's disaster agency [SoDMA] convened government health officials, private hospitals and medical organizations Thursday to strengthen flood preparedness amid forecasts of potential Super El Niño rains.
South Africa: Commodity Markets At Boiling Point - How Unprecedented El Niño Threatens Agriculture, Food Security
[Daily Maverick] A historic El Niño is set to scorch commodity markets and hit consumers where it hurts, threatening to inflate global prices for essential commodities while creating challenges for agriculture and food security.
Nigeria: Flood Kills Katsina Siblings Returning From Islamic School
[Leadership] Tragedy struck the Janbago community in Katsina State as two brothers, Muhammad Salisu, 12, and Abdurrahman Salisu, 7, lost their lives after they were swept away by floodwaters while returning home from an Islamiyya school.
Africa: Human-Caused Climate Change, Not El Niño, Drives Most Coral Bleaching Events - Research
[IPS] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Every morning, as the Indian Ocean retreats from the reef off Zanzibar's Jambiani village, Chiku Chande steps into the knee-deep lagoon carrying bundles of seaweed seedlings. Years of farming these waters have taught her about every channel and coral outcrop. But lately, the corals that once glowed in brown and gold have become chalky white.
