Climate change in Africa News

[IPS] Copenhagen & Srinagar -- Anne Olhoff, Chief Climate Advisor at UNEP, underlined the urgent need for accelerated climate action ahead of COP29 in an exclusive interview with IPS. "The next six years are crucial--without accelerated action, we will miss the chance to limit warming to 1.5°C," she warned.

[Nigeria Health Watch] As the world grapples with escalating social, economic, and ecological challenges, the World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day (EBHC) is commemorated to raise awareness of the need to craft more data-informed healthcare policies to improve global health outcomes, as well as to share learnings from researchers, policymakers and healthcare professionals in improving global health.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Bioeconomy is the production, use, and conservation of biological resources to produce goods that sustain communities. A new report says the promotion of bioeconomy as a way to deal with climate change holds promise for rural areas in Africa and elsewhere.

[The Conversation Africa] The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) takes place in Azerbaijan in November 2024. The annual climate change conference must focus on holding corporations and countries accountable for greenhouse gas emissions.

[Premium Times] The minister also stated that climate change has contributed to the growing burden of certain respiratory illnesses, such as cardiovascular conditions.

[Business Day Africa] The number of cargo stowage failures and container losses off the coast of South Africa, particularly near the Cape of Good Hope, has surged, according to a report by Gard.

[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government yesterday called for local solutions and better partnerships to tackle the growing effects of climate change on health in the country.

[African Arguments] What would the manifesto for a more inclusive world look like if it were drafted by people with disabilities? It was, a few weeks ago at a UN Summit. But is it enough?

[The Conversation Africa] From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close the real shape of the "pom-poms" becomes clear: grass tubes in the form of an upside down "U", with an opening at each end.

[The Herald] The country's plot to boost food security is thickening with Government adopting a Food and Nutrition Security Information System that generates critical data to influence both policy-making and programme implementation.

[The Conversation Africa] More than half of the world's total GDP is at least moderately dependent on nature. Yet arguably, there is no economy (or life) without nature. A quarter of animal and planet species are now threatened, and 14 out of 18 key ecosystem services - including fertile soils to grow food, flood and disease control and regulation of air and water pollution - are in decline.

[Premium Times] On 11 November, Nigeria will join representatives from nearly 200 countries in Baku, Azerbaijan for COP29. The two-week global summit will bring together global key stakeholders to collaborate on the urgent need to "enhance ambition and enable action" for climate change. In enabling action, COP29 will address the critical role of finance, a fundamental tool to turn ambition into action and reduce emissions, adapt to climate change and tackle loss and damage. This includes the establishment of a New

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles is among the member states that are yet to officially submit their revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) that was given as a task at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in December 2022.

[The Conversation Africa] At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the International Monetary Fund's reserve asset.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- In a major step for climate adaptation and agricultural resilience, Somalia has received a historic funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) during its recent board meeting held in Songdo, Incheon, South Korea, from October 21 to 24, 2024.

[Radio Dalsan] The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding worth $134 million for two groundbreaking projects aimed at enhancing climate resilience and adaptation in vulnerable agricultural communities across Somalia and Iraq.

[Daily Maverick] Since late Monday night, ongoing rain has been wreaking havoc in Nelson Mandela Bay. More than 100mm fell in some places, flooding neighbourhoods, roads, and destroying bridges. T

[Capital FM] Amid a torrential downpour, the once vibrant Tunzanani Primary School in Kilifi County lay in ruins. The school compound was destroyed, and the students were devastated. This is a result of the recent heavy El Niño rains that affected most parts of Kenya in late 2023.

[The Herald] There is a growing interest in documenting Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) for its intrinsic heritage value and its practical use in potentially supporting relevant and locally acceptable climate change adaptation.

[Shabelle] Songdo, South Korea -- Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, a prominent figure in climate finance, expressed her delight at attending the 40th Board Meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), where a historic decision was made to allocate $100 million for climate-resilient agriculture in Somalia.