Climate change in Africa News

[New Dawn] Bong County -- Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency takes awareness campaign to Bong County, Central region.

[IPS] Bonn -- As the technical session of the global climate negotiations enters the final stretch in Bonn, Germany, climate activists from Africa have expressed fears that negotiators from the developed world are dragging their feet in a way to avoid paying their fair share to tackle the climate crisis.

[The Herald] Tatenda Mutasa -- Correspondent

[Ethiopian Herald] It is highly thought that not only must countries fight the causes of climate change but they should also adapt to the consequences that are often most dramatic for the people residing in developing countries like Africa and its subset Ethiopia, to be specific, indeed! Our time is highly compromised by climate change, which is one of the most captious continental and global challenges. With a best hope to face the bad effects of climate change on world security and to drive the world on a low-carbon

[Nile Post] Uganda is set to receive shs350 billion (USD 95 million) from Denmark for climate change, refugee programs and civic space support.

[New Times] Rwandan negotiators are in Bonn, Germany, as 196 countries meet to agree on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), the new amount of funding which developed nations must mobilize every year starting in 2025 to support climate action in developing countries as floods, extreme rains, and brutal heat waves continue to ravage nations across the world.

[Leadership] Recently, the international community marked World Environment Day. The United Nations, at its Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, set aside June 5 every year for raising awareness on environmental matters. The theme of this year's event, "Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience," demands that humanity confront this crisis head-on or risk permanent disfigurement of the only world it knows.

[SAnews.gov.za] The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has appealed to the public to extend a helping hand to flood victims by donating essential items such as building materials, as restoration work is underway in the northern parts of eThekwini Metropolitan.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thembi Nkadimeng, will visit KwaZulu-Natal today to assess the impact of the heavy storms that ravaged parts of the province, leaving behind a trail of destruction.

[UCT] Five global science and technology projects have been selected to join the Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) to address gaps in ocean data and modelling efforts by improving the breadth of research in the field and expanding capacity to understand ocean resources.

[African Arguments] A group of parliamentarians from 20 countries across Africa call for debt forgiveness, financial reform, and climate commitments to be met.

[Liberian Observer] The voice on the line remained calm, devoid of panic, yet hinted at underlying distress. The caller expressed a desire to speak with the Editor.

[Ghanaian Times] Ghanaian Times deems it appropriate to commend the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) for allocating US$1 million to support locally-led climate change actions in Ghana over a period of five years.

[Paris Peace Forum] Benguerir, Morocco -- At the Spring Meeting of the Paris Peace Forum , hosted by the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in its Campus in Benguerir, Morocco, global leaders gathered to unveil new global initiatives to tackle two of the world's biggest challenges: how to turn Africa into an agricultural superpower, and how to ensure responsible management and supply/sourcing of the minerals we need to fuel the green transition.

[Premium Times] As a result of the expected moderate to heavy rainfall, the agency said there are prospects of flash flooding and strong winds that may accompany the rains.

[Nigeria Health Watch] For dedicated farmers like Baliqees Salaudeen-Ibrahim, the effect of climate change has been disheartening. Her once-dependable weather patterns that she relied on for her planting and harvesting have become unpredictable, jeopardising her livelihood.

[The Conversation Africa] The Bassari people, a farming community of about 20,000 people, live in an area between Senegal and Guinea. During French colonial rule, the Bassari lost part of their communal land to a national park and were subjected to poll taxes and forced labour. Senegal achieved independence in 1960 and in 2012 the Bassari area was declared a world heritage site, a change that bolstered small-scale tourism.

[African Arguments] Policymaking that sidelines farmers in countries like Madagascar, where I am Agriculture Minister, can be as harmful as the climate crisis itself.

[IPS] Bonn -- There is a rapid realization that climate change is impacting health, which is why the recently adopted World Health Organization's Climate Change and Health Resolution is considered pivotal.

[African Arguments] Investing $1 billion in early warning systems would avoid $35 billion in losses each year.