‘If the climate stays like this, we won’t make it’ say those on the frontline of Africa’s drought
5 years ago

‘If the climate stays like this, we won’t make it’ say those on the frontline of Africa’s drought

CNN  

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe CNN — Torrents of water once thundered over the precipice at Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, shrouding the area in mist. “Our future is still ahead of us,” said Nkosi Nyathi, a 16-year-old climate activist from Victoria Falls, ahead of his flight to COP25 in Madrid. “The southern African region, in particular, is already hot and dry and is projected to become even hotter and drier under future climate change. “We depend on farming to survive as a family and if the climate stays like this we won’t make it.” Ncube doesn’t need climate science to tell her how things have changed in this part of the country. Extreme climate events will come more frequently and on multiple fronts: Sustained droughts and heatwaves will continue; cyclones like Idai that hit Mozambique and Zimbabwe in March will get stronger; and the prospect of Day Zero water events – like when Cape Town very nearly ran out of water last year – are three times more likely, Englebrecht says.

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World leaders urged to fund anticipatory climate actions
1 month, 4 weeks ago

World leaders urged to fund anticipatory climate actions

China Daily  

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 11, 2024. As global leaders convene for the UN Climate Change Conference, or COP29, in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, an NGO has warned of increasing climate-driven disasters that are disproportionately affecting Africa. In a statement published on Monday, the IRC said …

South Africa Calls for New Collective Climate Finance Goal at COP29
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2 months ago

South Africa Calls for New Collective Climate Finance Goal at COP29

China Daily  

South Africa is seeking a new, additional, predictable, accessible, and adequate (QGA) goal on climate finance at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP29). The goal should support developing countries' transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient development, while ensuring that developed countries provide adequate funding and technical assistance to support developing countries' efforts.

South Africa Calls for Ambitious Climate Finance Goal at COP29
2 months ago

South Africa Calls for Ambitious Climate Finance Goal at COP29

China Daily  

South Africa seeks a new, additional, predictable, accessible, and adequate (QGA) goal on climate finance at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The goal should support developing countries' transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient development, while ensuring that developed countries provide adequate funding and technical assistance to support developing nations' climate efforts.

Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa
2 months, 1 week ago

Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa

Raw Story  

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria. Torrential rains and severe flooding have affected around 6.9 million people in West and Central Africa so far in 2024, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. - 'Very, very bad' - Residents and …

Climate change worsened deadly Africa floods, scientists say
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change worsened deadly Africa floods, scientists say

Raw Story  

Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on Wednesday. The researchers also said climate change would have made this year's torrential rains around five to 20 percent more intense across the Niger and Lake Chad basins, citing a previous …

Deadly Floods in Africa: Scientists Warn of Climate Change Impact
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadly Floods in Africa: Scientists Warn of Climate Change Impact

Al Jazeera  

Global warming is wreaking havoc on Africa, with deadly floods causing widespread devastation. The rains have become more intense and frequent, leading to catastrophic flooding in countries like Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan. These floods have resulted in the loss of life and displacement of millions, highlighting the urgent need to address climate change and transition to sustainable energy sources.

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says
4 months, 1 week ago

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says

The Independent  

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Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has left millions hungry
9 months, 1 week ago

Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has left millions hungry

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday over a devastating drought that’s sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs $2 billion for humanitarian assistance. The declaration was widely expected following similar actions by neighboring Zambia and Malawi, where drought linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has scorched crops, leaving millions …

Extreme drought in southern Africa leaves millions hungry
9 months, 1 week ago

Extreme drought in southern Africa leaves millions hungry

Associated Press  

MANGWE, Zimbabwe — Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. USAID and the United Nations’ World Food Programme aim to help some of the 2.7 million people in rural Zimbabwe threatened with hunger because of the drought …

In a cycle of extreme weather, drought in southern Africa leaves some 20 million facing hunger
9 months, 1 week ago

In a cycle of extreme weather, drought in southern Africa leaves some 20 million facing hunger

The Independent  

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Real solutions to climate change in Africa are about people, not profit
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Real solutions to climate change in Africa are about people, not profit

Al Jazeera  

The continent’s leaders should resist quick fixes and deadly traps offered by the market and bring the people at the centre of the climate action. At this year’s African Union Summit held on 17-18 February in Addis Ababa, African leaders adopted the Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change – a powerful show of unity in the face of a real threat …

Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa
1 year, 1 month ago

Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times more intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday. October to December is a “short rains” season in Eastern Africa, with the frequency and intensity of the rains influenced by two naturally occurring climate phenomena: El …

Herders and farmers seek reasons for east Africa’s drought
1 year, 2 months ago

Herders and farmers seek reasons for east Africa’s drought

Hindustan Times  

A few years ago, before the great drought, Molu Golbowa looked into a goat’s intestines and foresaw the disaster to come. Instead, locals treat anthropogenic climate change as just one more possibility in a world where indigenous beliefs, Abrahamic faiths and modern education coexist. Elders recall a time when they would pray to traditional gods and the rain would fall …

African leaders demand global carbon taxes, debt relief to effectively fight climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

African leaders demand global carbon taxes, debt relief to effectively fight climate change

Salon  

The three-day African Climate Summit concluded in Nairobi Wednesday as the continent's leaders announced their support for a global carbon tax regime — a tariff system they hope will disincentivize the fossil fuel use that is primarily causing global heating. The support for global carbon taxes was announced by Kenyan President William Ruto, who explained that the joint declaration among …

Africa Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa Climate Summit links ‘unfair’ debt burden with calls to make continent’s green assets pay off

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax on polluters, Kenya’s president declared Tuesday as the first Africa Climate Summit got underway. The U.S. government’s climate envoy, John Kerry, acknowledged the “acute, unfair debt.” He also said 17 of the world’s 20 countries …

Africa endures more severe warming than elsewhere, posing risk of conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa endures more severe warming than elsewhere, posing risk of conflict

The Hindu  

Africa is heating up at a faster rate than the rest of the planet and enduring more severe climate and weather disasters such as droughts, a joint U.N.-African Union report said on Monday, warning that climate change could stoke conflict over resources. "Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate …

Africa 'pays high climate change cost', report finds
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa 'pays high climate change cost', report finds

China Daily  

Julius Okolong stands next to his house he was forced to abandon after rising waters from Lake Turkana, in Komote, near Loiyangalani, northern Kenya, on July 13, 2022. Countries in Africa are suffering disproportionately from the effects of climate change despite producing only a fraction of the world's greenhouse gases, a newly-published report from the World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, …

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing
1 year, 4 months ago

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The first African Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion people contribute to global warming the least. There are immense opportunities as well,” Ruto said of the climate crisis, speaking of multibillion-dollar economic possibilities, new …

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent demands more say and financing
1 year, 4 months ago

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent demands more say and financing

LA Times  

Protesters gather in downtown Nairobi to demand action on climate change as the Africa Climate Summit begins Monday. The first Africa Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion people contribute to global warming the least. There are immense …

Africa faces ‘climate risk blind spot’ amid lack of weather radar
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa faces ‘climate risk blind spot’ amid lack of weather radar

Al Jazeera  

Vast expanse of the 54-nation continent is relatively unserved and unwarned with the least developed land-based weather observation network. “The continent, at large, is in a climate risk blind spot,” said Asaf Tzachor, a researcher at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. “There is no point investing in smallholder farms, for example, if …

Cause and Effect | The unjust climate crisis burden on Africa
1 year, 6 months ago

Cause and Effect | The unjust climate crisis burden on Africa

Hindustan Times  

Finland's economy minister Vilhelm Junnila resigned on June 30 over a string of controversial remarks, including one from 2019 when he called on his country to support abortions in Africa as a means to combat the climate crisis. In official parliamentary records, his question reads: "In the underdeveloped societies of Africa, the number of children can be huge, and the …

The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?
1 year, 6 months ago

The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it?

Al Jazeera  

As the world hurtles towards climate devastation, countries like The Gambia, Costa Rica and Morocco may have a fix — if others help them. Costa Rica is one of only nine countries – Morocco and The Gambia are also on this list – whose steps to mitigate climate change are “almost sufficient”, according to Climate Action Tracker. Soon after The …

How has the global warming triggered drought in Horn of Africa? Study says...
1 year, 8 months ago

How has the global warming triggered drought in Horn of Africa? Study says...

Hindustan Times  

A devastating drought that has struck the Horn of Africa could not have occurred without global warming, according to a new report released Thursday from an international team of climate scientists. "Human-caused climate change has made agricultural drought in the Horn of Africa about 100 times more likely," said a summary of the report by the World Weather Attribution group. …

Global warming made Horn of Africa drought possible: WWA study
1 year, 8 months ago

Global warming made Horn of Africa drought possible: WWA study

Al Jazeera  

World Weather Attribution scientists say rising greenhouse gas emissions made the nearly 3-year drought at least 100 times more likely. The drought that has left some 4.35 million people in the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian aid – with 43,000 in Somalia estimated to have died last year – would not have been possible without climate change, …

As climate woes worsen, Africa's economies suffer, UN says
1 year, 9 months ago

As climate woes worsen, Africa's economies suffer, UN says

The Independent  

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Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate Change ‘Doom Loop’: How to reclaim the narrative of urgent climate action

Live Mint  

The fight to battle climate change and global heating has always been one led by narrative. Despite decades of irrefutable scientific work that has shown the extent to which we are skirting with global disaster, the reality of climate change and its reason—our energy dependence on fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas—needed to overcome the denial and obfuscation of …

Study: Don’t blame climate change for South American drought
1 year, 10 months ago

Study: Don’t blame climate change for South American drought

Associated Press  

Climate change isn’t causing the multi-year drought that is devastating parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia, but warming is worsening some of the dry spell’s impacts, a new study says. The natural three-year climate condition La Nina – a cooling of the central Pacific that changes weather worldwide temporarily but lasted much longer than normal this time – is …

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change
2 years, 1 month ago

African nations push for funding to adapt to climate change

The Independent  

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Africa facing climate impact 'nightmare': Kenyan President
2 years, 2 months ago

Africa facing climate impact 'nightmare': Kenyan President

The Hindu  

The crushing impacts of climate change are already a "living nightmare" for people across Africa, Kenyan President William Ruto told world leaders at U.N. talks on Monday. "Africa contributes less than three percent of the pollution responsible for climate change, but it's most severely impacted by the ensuing crisis," Mr. Ruto said. "Loss and damage are not an abstract topic …

U.N. chief, Al Gore and others give dire warnings at global climate conference
2 years, 2 months ago

U.N. chief, Al Gore and others give dire warnings at global climate conference

LA Times  

With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,” the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to “cooperate or perish” on avoiding further climate catastrophe, singling out the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States. “Climate change is directly threatening our people’s lives, health and future,” said Kenyan President …

Will COP27 address Africa’s climate challenges?
2 years, 2 months ago

Will COP27 address Africa’s climate challenges?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, November 2 at 19:30 GMT: Although Africa has contributed the least to global carbon emissions, the continent remains the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and African needs for climate finance and adaptation are among the greatest. There are high expectations that this year’s UN climate conference, hosted in Sharm El-Sheikh, will focus on how to …

African nations to finalize aims ahead of UN climate summit
2 years, 2 months ago

African nations to finalize aims ahead of UN climate summit

The Independent  

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UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

UN urges rich countries for compensation to tackle loss from climate change

Hindustan Times  

From drought to floods and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change will only get higher as the world warms, sparking concerns from both top officials and activists about how to pay for it. Pakistan, along with dozens of other developing countries around the world, are scrambling to adapt to the effects of climate change, with …

Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
2 years, 4 months ago

Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Africa’s nations must develop strategies to address climate change which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference. The African climate week comes as the continent reels by several extreme weather events such as drought in East Africa and the Horn of Africa, sandstorms …

Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
2 years, 4 months ago

Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference

The Independent  

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Five things to know for Africa Climate Week
2 years, 4 months ago

Five things to know for Africa Climate Week

Al Jazeera  

Facing deadly drought, historic floods, and extreme weather events, African politicians, civil society, and business leaders will voice calls for urgent action. The United Nations’ Africa Climate Week begins on Monday in Libreville, Gabon, with more than 1,000 participants expected to tackle the climate emergency as it intensifies throughout the continent. With severe drought, raging floods, and extreme weather bearing …

For clean energy, financial growth, Africa looks to UN talks
2 years, 4 months ago

For clean energy, financial growth, Africa looks to UN talks

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — In Kenya’s semi-arid Makueni County, 50-year-old Purity Kinyili used to spend most of her time traveling for water and firewood to sustain her family and farmland. Because how do you transform without capacity, finance and technology?” Nyambe added that that getting the right financial support at the U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, can help kickstart Africa’s …

Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods
2 years, 7 months ago

Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis published Friday by a team of leading international scientists said. The study by the World Weather Attribution group analyzed both historical and emerging sets of weather data relating to the catastrophic rainfall last month, …

Climate change doubled chance of South African floods that killed 435 people
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change doubled chance of South African floods that killed 435 people

CNN  

CNN — Human-induced climate change made the extreme rainfall that triggered deadly floods in South Africa in April heavier and twice as likely to happen, a rapid analysis published Friday by the World Weather Attribution project shows. Parts of South Africa experienced more than 350mm of rainfall in two days, causing destructive floods in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces, killing …

Climate change to make droughts longer, more common, says UN
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change to make droughts longer, more common, says UN

Associated Press  

The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday. The ongoing debilitating drought in the east and Horn of Africa was highlighted as one of the “dramatic consequences” of climate change by the U.N. agency. …

Climate change is devastating the Global South
2 years, 8 months ago

Climate change is devastating the Global South

Al Jazeera  

Right now in India and Pakistan, a record-breaking heatwave is impacting the daily lives of nearly a billion people. Despite the negligible contribution that most vulnerable countries have made to cause climate change, these countries are the most ambitious in tackling it – but they cannot fight this crisis on their own. The decisions adopted at the UN’s COP26 climate …

East and Horn of Africa prep for worst drought in decades
2 years, 8 months ago

East and Horn of Africa prep for worst drought in decades

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Agricultural workers in the east and Horn of Africa are preparing for their most severe drought in 40 years, as authorities warn that higher temperatures and less than normal rainfall was recorded by weather agencies in March and April this year. Lack of rainfall during the short rains season late last year and the ongoing drought during …

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
2 years, 10 months ago

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

Associated Press  

Although Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions, the continent has suffered some of the world’s heaviest impacts of climate change, from famine to flooding. Yet from its coral reefs to its highest peaks, the reverberations of human-caused global warming will only get worse, according to a new United Nations report The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on …

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
2 years, 10 months ago

UN: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse

The Independent  

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Climate change forcing Zimbabwean girls into sex work
2 years, 10 months ago

Climate change forcing Zimbabwean girls into sex work

Al Jazeera  

As global warming continues to devastate rural agriculture, young women are moving to urban centres – and into prostitution. Zimbabwe’s National Climate Change Response Strategy states: “Climate change is the biggest threat to humanity today.” It is estimated it will cause average temperatures in Zimbabwe to rise about 3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Dropping out Onita …

Zimbabwe is set on tackling climate change
3 years, 1 month ago

Zimbabwe is set on tackling climate change

Al Jazeera  

But to have a chance at making a difference, it needs sanctions imposed by the West to be lifted. If world leaders do not step up climate action, developing nations at the forefront of the fight against climate change will see jobs lost, livelihoods destroyed, and lives devastated. That is something we must avoid and that is why Zimbabwe is …

Climate crisis to shrink GDP of vulnerable nations 20% by 2050
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate crisis to shrink GDP of vulnerable nations 20% by 2050

The Independent  

The economies of some of he world’s most vulnerable countries could suffer huge losses even if we keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a report has warned. It found that most vulnerable countries could suffer an average 64 percent hit to their economy by 2100 under current climate policies The study also suggests countries could see their GDP reduced …

'Adapt or die:' Africa presses for more climate support
3 years, 2 months ago

'Adapt or die:' Africa presses for more climate support

The Independent  

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Africa’s rare glaciers to soon disappear, says climate report
3 years, 2 months ago

Africa’s rare glaciers to soon disappear, says climate report

Live Mint  

Africa’s rare glaciers will disappear in the next two decades because of climate change, a new report warned Tuesday amid sweeping forecasts of pain for the continent that contributes least to global warming but will suffer from it most. The report from the World Meteorological Organization and other agencies, released ahead of the U.N. climate conference in Scotland that starts …

Climate report: Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappear
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate report: Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappear

The Independent  

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