Climate change in Africa News

[IPS] By Shafik Hebous and Nate Vernon-Lin

[IPS] This week's United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world's seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of the most biologically rich marine ecosystems on the planet.

[Vanguard] The world's oceans are close to becoming too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilise the climate, a new report said on Monday.

[Foroyaa] Information received by Foroyaa on Friday, 20 September 2024 indicate that tidal flooding caused by recent heavy downpours, have destroyed rice fields in the Wuli East village of Sutukoba in Upper River Region of the Gambia.

[Premium Times] The Federal lawmakers went on two months recess in July.

[Premium Times] The Fund will be funded by a portion of the revenue accruing to the Federation Account.

[Premium Times] The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital sustained significant water damage and was forced to suspend its operations for two weeks.

[This Day] Abuja -- Two of President Bola Tinubu's sons, Seyi and Yinka, and their associates at the weekend donated relief materials, including 500 bags of rice and 200 bags of maize flour to victims of the recent flood disaster in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has released a weather outlook predicting thunderstorms nationwide from Monday, September 23, to Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

[FrontPageAfrica] Ashburn, -- September 19, 2024: A landmark agreement to fight climate change through an innovative tree planting program in Liberia has been signed between three international entities.

[Liberian Investigator] Ganta -- Nimba County has secured a climate change adaptation grant valued at US$200,000, marking a major boost for its efforts to build sustainable, climate-resilient communities.

[Daily News] Mwanza -- TANZANIA'S readiness to collaborate with other nations on environmental protection signals hope for global efforts to combat climate change and its social and economic impacts.

[SAnews.gov.za] In light of the South African Weather Service (SAWS) forecast of severe snow and wet conditions across the country, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has directed the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) to coordinate readiness and response efforts with the relevant stakeholders.

[SAnews.gov.za] The road at Van Reenen's Pass has been reopened to clear traffic, the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) and its concessionaire, the N3 Toll Concession (N3TC), announced on Sunday.

[SAnews.gov.za] A 39-year-old woman died on Saturday while trapped in the blizzard that has engulfed the N3 between Van Reenen's Pass, connecting KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State.

[SAnews.gov.za] Government is advising against any travel on the roads hit by heavy snowfall that affected Gauteng, the Free State, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.

[Daily Maverick] The N3 remained closed at Van Reenen's Pass on Sunday morning as hazardous conditions persisted. One person has been confirmed dead from exposure. Rescue operations continue and alternative roads have been opened.

[GroundUp] Activists with disabilities are raising awareness about climate change

[SAnews.gov.za] Government has announced that all roads affected by the recent snowstorm, including the N3 Toll Route, have now been reopened to traffic.

[Capital FM] When historians write about the first quarter of the 21st century, I think they may sum it up this way: Twenty years of unprecedented progress followed by five years of stagnation.