Climate change in Africa News

[Vanguard] Residents and other relevant stakeholders in Zamfara State have been sensitised on fire safety measures ahead of the winter season.

[Ghanaian Times] The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) and the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bridge the gap between climate ambition and tangible action in Africa.

[Liberian Investigator] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on Tuesday inaugurated the 22nd Annual General Meeting of the African Road Maintenance Funds Association (ARMFA), emphasizing the importance of stronger collaboration, smarter investments, and bolder leadership to modernize Africa's road infrastructure.

[allAfrica] Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is often described as a "silent" or "hidden" threat, but its consequences are anything but quiet.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The European Union (EU) is set to strengthen its cooperation with partners across the Indo-Pacific region, including African nations such as Kenya, focusing on security, economic resilience, and climate change at the upcoming 4th EU-Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum.

[UN News] A page feels like it's turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally be written into the official decisions of COP30.

[The Conversation Africa] Since it was set up in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has focused mainly on mitigation. Mitigating the effects of climate change is all about transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, improving energy efficiency and setting up new forests to absorb greenhouse gas emissions.

[New Times] A group of Rwandan negotiators have outlined their expectations for the ongoing 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.

[UN News] Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban.

[IPS] We did not start this fire, but we are being handed the bill. The wealthy country's bill. It's time to pay it.The USD 1.3 trillion roadmap is only a starting point; delivery and accountability are the real tests of success. --Evans Njewa, Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group on Climate Change

[IPS] We need to protect the future of the millions of boys and girls on the frontlines of the climate crises around the world. I want world leaders to understand that this future starts now and, with urgency, position education at the core of climate resilience. --Adenike Titilope Oladosu, ecofeminist and Pan-African climate activist

[IPS] Some of you might be shocked that even though fossil fuels are 86 percent of the cause of climate change, it took 28 years before the words 'fossil fuels' could even be mentioned in the COP document. It is as absurd as Alcoholics Anonymous holding 28 years of conferences before they get the backbone to mention alcohol in an outcome document. --Kumi Naidoo, President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

[African Union] We, Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union, guided by the principles of Agenda 2063 and sustainable development goals, gathered for the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8 to 10 September 2025, in the presence of other global leaders, intergovernmental organizations, Regional Economic Communities, United Nations agencies, private sector, civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, farmers' organizations, children, youth,

[IPS] Agroecology strengthens food sovereignty by encouraging local production and consumption. --Elizabeth Mpofu, Zimbabwean farmer

[The Conversation Africa] Around the world, societies are looking for ways to live with climate change. Adapting to a hotter and harsher future means scientists, governments and communities must find ways to protect essential resources like land, homes, farms and water. Buildings need to stay cooler and withstand storms and floods, and crops need to survive more severe rains and droughts. Biologist and climate change scientist Serafino Afonso Rui Mucova studies how nature responds to human activity and changing weather in

[UN News] The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are now stepping into the spotlight, as negotiations move from technical wrangling to political decision-making. The stakes? Nothing less than charting a credible path to climate justice in a world running out of time.

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[DW] Away from COP30's official talks, African activists in Belem, Brazil, joined the People's Summit to expose climate injustices and push for reparations. DW spoke to some of the people leading this fight.

[Namibian] Statement by president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in Belém, Brazil, 6 November 2025

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Dr. Deborah Mlongo Barasa, delivered the collective stance of the Africa Group of Negotiators during a pivotal ministerial briefing at the COP30 conference here.