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[The Conversation Africa] Nature-based solutions are actions that use nature to solve environmental problems. Examples in cities would be setting up a wetland near a group of buildings to absorb floodwater, or building permeable pavements.

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is boosting the Liberian National Red Cross Society's efforts to provide relief to flood-affected communities.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Climate Change Bill, which sets out a national climate change response, including mitigation and adaptation actions, which also constitutes South Africa's fair contribution to the global climate change response.

[Leadership] Many residents of the Gada local government area of Sokoto State have been rendered homeless, with their farmlands, 228 houses and livestock washed away by recent incessant rainfall.

[RFI] Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country.

[Ethiopian Herald] In Ethiopia, agriculture is the engine of the economy; it covers over 80% of the economy of the country, employs the majority of the population and contributes significantly to the country's GDP. Out of all the agriculture sectors, coffee plays a significant role in earning huge amount of foreign currency and creating considerable number of employment opportunity.

[Daily News] CLIMATE change and environment activists have requested for financial support from the Group of 20 (G-20) so as to increase investments in affordable and renewable energy.

[Nile Post] Only 9 percent of all plastic that has ever been produced has been recycled

[African Arguments] South Africa's environmental justice movement will have its work cut out challenging the interests of fossil capital under the unity government.

[ISS] Could policy convergence on climate change be a ray of hope in the country's new Government of National Unity?

[DW] In Ivory Coast, living conditions are becoming increasingly precarious. Fruit and vegetable markets are struck by high inflation. The situation has worsened recently with a drop in produce because of the hot weather.

[The Conversation Africa] As climate change drives temperature increases and lower precipitation in southern Africa, research has found that there is likely to be an increase in the number of wildfires in regions that are already hot, dry and water scarce.

[IPS] In a quest for survival, farmers and pastoralists living in Oldonyo Sambu, Tanzania's northern Maasai Steppe, used to fight over every drop of water. However, 12 villages have now adopted climate-smart bylaws after months of negotiations, putting an end to hostilities.

[Daily News] TANZANIA -- THE government has reiterated its commitment to continue strengthening and creating conducive environment for investment in the country, by tackling various sectoral challenges in order to attract more domestic and foreign direct investment projects.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Early warning should be taken as a necessity not a luxury, World Meteorological Organization Regional Office for Africa Program Manager Ernest Afiesimama said today.

[New Zimbabwe] INCOMING United States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Marie Tremont has said her country will be providing food aid support to Zimbabwe which has been ravaged by the El Nino-induced drought.

[The Herald] A $52.3 million project approved today by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims to help Malawi cope with the devastating effects of climate change and boost the country's long-term food security.

[The Conversation Africa] There are huge profits to be made in exploiting South Africa's natural resources, but these come at a cost to society and the environment. Pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of natural wealth have a disproportionate impact on the country's Black and low-income communities and workforce.

[ISS] Flooding claimed many lives and left hundreds of thousands displaced, dispossessed and angry at the authorities who failed them.

[GroundUp] Climate change means extreme events are likely to happen more often