Climate change in Africa News

[Premium Times] The agronomist said the sustainability of Nigeria's ginger value chain is threatened, as ginger farmers are struggling with access to disease-free planting materials and fields, and several farmers have abandoned ginger farming for turmeric.

[The Conversation Africa] You're scrolling through Instagram, only half paying attention to your friends' updates, when a photo of a beautiful, pristine beach grabs your eye. Somebody you know is lounging on that very beach - and suddenly you want to be there, too. You check the location tag: Réunion Island.

[OCHA] Investments in preparedness, prevention and response measures needed to mitigate impact on people's livelihoods and well-being

[Daily Trust] Hundreds of Christians and Muslims in Shendam LGA of Plateau State on Monday converged at their different places of worship to pray for rain as crops in various communities of the LGA continue to wither.

[African Arguments] A new report finds that developed countries could raise $2 trillion in climate finance per year by raising their tax-to-GDP ratios by four points.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Meteorological Department has predicted that intermittent cold and cloudy conditions will affect several parts of the country until Monday next week.

[UNDP] Nevena Ðoković, 22, from Leposaviq/Leposavić municipality in Kosovo*, nurtures big plans from her small greenhouse. "I am learning new things about growing vegetables every day, and plan to harvest 120 kilogrammes of tomatoes every day soon," she hopes, inspecting an irrigation pipe.

[UNHCR] To mark the launch of Ethiopia's 2023 Global Refugee Forum's "Climate Action" pledge, Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, H.E. Ato Temesgen Tiruneh, Line Ministries, Government Higher Officials, Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS), UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, NGOs, UN agencies and various embassies planted tree seedlings at the Gulele Botanical Garden on 8 August.

[Foroyaa] The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS), on Friday, 9th August 2024, launched the Scaling up Locally-Led Adaptation and Transforming Humanitarian Responses to Climate Change to address the urgent challenges posed by climate change in the Gambia.