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[Democracy Works] In South Africa, Democracy Works Foundation has been implementing the "Fostering Inclusive Growth Through Climate Change Champions" or "Climate for Growth." Co-funded by the European Union and implemented by Democracy Works Foundation, the project focuses on the Northern and Western Cape provinces. Climate for Growth facilitates meaningful engagement by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in climate change-related decision-making. This initiative creates a conducive environment for CSOs to actively

[Vanguard] Heavy flood has sacked no fewer than two hundred houses and displaced over three hundred people in Argungu local government area of Kebbi state.

[Foroyaa] Farmers in Nioro Jattaba are struggling to access their farmlands due to the collapse of two bridges during the rainy season.

[IPS] New York -- Global warming, widely believed to be a universal crisis, will actually impact girls and women far more than boys and men. It is already known that we live in a patriarchal world, one in which men are afforded far greater opportunities for success while women generally hold less societal power and have access to fewer resources. This especially pertains to developing countries in which agriculture related work, usually delegated to females, depends on a variety of environmental factors and subsequently,

[WFP] Mogadishu -- Concluding a three-day mission to Somalia where famine was averted in 2022, World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Carl Skau stressed that there is no time to rest, as needs in the country remain critically high. The mission included a visit to Baidoa in the Southwest region of Somalia, one of the worst drought-affected areas in 2022.

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has insisted that as South Africa continues to transition from a carbon intensive economy to a green economy, communities must be informed, consulted and educated on what the transition will mean to them.

[Daily Maverick] Dr Camille Parmesan is fascinated by species which have hybridised to survive. She is equally interested in the ethical and philosophical challenge that hybrids present to conservationists, some of whom see the solution as killing them off.

[Daily Maverick] The intense storms that lashed the Western Cape coast over the winter months have left behind masses of man-produced waste and litter.

[New Zimbabwe] SWITZERLAND has pledged $2.7 million to support communities affected by the El Nino induced drought in Zimbabwe.

[African Arguments] A subsidy programme is helping farmers as the climate gets hotter and more unpredictable, but experts say it's far from enough.

[UN News] Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting further misery on communities already vulnerable due to ongoing conflict, UN agencies have reported.

[World Bank] Washington -- Over six million people in Comoros, Madagascar, and Mozambique are set to benefit from a new World Bank regional program that will enhance Eastern and Southern African countries' financial preparedness to respond to climate shocks. The Regional Emergency Preparedness and Inclusive Recovery Program (REPAIR), approved today, will strengthen countries' resilience against climate shocks and seek to attract $205 million in private capital to support these efforts in its first phase.

[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved today the Ethiopia First Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Development Policy Operation. This policy operation supports home-grown reforms that will ultimately help the country transition to a more inclusive economy that allows the private sector to contribute more strongly to growth. While strengthening the financial sector, expanding trade options, and improving fiscal transparency, this engagement will also boost protections for poor and vulnerable

[New Times] Rwanda, along with other developing nations, is urging developed countries--historically responsible for global warming--to fulfill their commitment to doubling climate change adaptation finance at the 29th UN Climate Change Conference in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

[Daily Maverick] Recent annual sand inundations at Goukamma and Gericke's Point on the Cape south coast have smothered mussel beds, which is what oystercatchers target as their primary food source.

[This Day] Nigerian player, Fatima Bello, to take on home girl, France's Yuan Jia Nan in the Round 2 of the Women's Table Tennis singles event.

[Daily Maverick] The 2024 Summer Games are going all in on renewable energy, recycled materials and more to shrink their carbon footprint. They're a test bed for how big events can do better for the environment.

[The Herald] Nature-based solutions are actions that use nature to solve environmental problems.

[African Arguments] The climate target body should follow the science and limit the use of carbon offsets to where there is really no other way.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has asserted that it has not conducted any "secret meetings" with business on the review of the country's climate change commitments.