Climate finance for powering healthcare
Approximately 1 billion people around the world are served by healthcare facilities without reliable electricity access or with no electricity access at all. The electrification of such facilities is a
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Africa environment outlook for business
Africa, a continent of immense diversity and untapped potential, stands at a crucial crossroads in its pursuit of sustainable development. It grapples with formidable environmental challenges, encapsulated
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Climate change impacts on human (im-) mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa. recent trends and options for policy responses
This study examines the negative effects of climate change and how they relate to human mobility in designated countries located in East, West and Southern Africa. It outlines the risks on the livelihood
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Climate Change and Development in Africa Post COVID-19: Some Critical Reflections
<p>A post coronavirus recovery in Africa should address the fundamental causes of vulnerabilities and go beyond fiscal and monetary adjustments whose sole aim is to ensure the survival and perpetuation
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Towards a just energy transition: implications for communities in lower- and middle-income countries
More frequent or intense floods, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and typhoons devastate people’s homes, livelihoods and the natural world. A clean energy transition is urgently needed to reduce carbon emissions
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Study on the use of climate-related indigenous knowledge systems to support anticipatory action in Zimbabwe
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting the Government of Zimbabwe to deliver climate information to the local population through Anticipatory Action (AA). To strengthen the AA programme
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Increasing water supplies in rural Ghana
“Our community dam is our only source of water. But these days, it dries up 3 times in the year, and the water becomes muddy, but because we have no choice, we have to use it”: Inusah Ibn Hassan, Assemblyman
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State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
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Gambia: Farmers in Gunjur Benefit From Skills Development, Climate Resilient Project
Farmers in Gunjur have started benefitting from an agricultural initiative spearheaded by two local youth. The initiative seeks to provide farmers with skills to help them increase agricultural production
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Water sector reform, climate change and climate-resilient planning in central Tanzania
Water access is the cornerstone of livelihoods for most rural communities in Tanzania. Yet limited capacity for effective planning, management and governance of water sources is deepening vulnerability
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Addressing forestry and agroforestry in National Adaptation Plans: supplementary guidelines
The Addressing forestry and agroforestry in National Adaptation Plans: Supplementary guidelines provide specific guidance for national adaptation planning in the forestry sector. They are intended to be
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How research and engagement influenced Uganda’s climate change adaptation landscape
This learning story forms part of the CDKN Knowledge for Change series, which reflects on the common challenges, lessons and successes CDKN and its partners have encountered in facilitating evidence-based
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China to support conservation of Africa's wildlife amid threats
China is committed to supporting conservation of Africa's iconic wildlife species amid threats linked to poaching, climatic stress and high rate of urbanization, an official said on Monday. Peng Youdong,
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Better cities are possible: responding to the twin crises of climate change and inequality
How can cities promote resilient, low-carbon and just urbanisation, in a context of increasing climate breakdown and inequality?. IIED’s urban researchers set out a vision for urban transformation to build
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Climate impacts on African hydropower
Africa is projected to experience increasing climate hazards for the remainder of the 21st century, which are likely to pose a challenge to hydropower generation in Africa. To minimise the adverse effects
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Climate change may turn Africa's arid Sahel green- researchers
One of Africa's driest regions - the Sahel - could turn greener if the planet warms more than 2 degrees Celsius and triggers more frequent heavy rainfall, scientists said on Wednesday. The Sahel stretches
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Zimbabwe country climate and development report
Zimbabwe is a lower middle-income country with abundant natural capital and growth potential, but is highly exposed to climate change, with its immediate ability to address climate challenges severely
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Kenya, UNEP sign deal to increase forest cover
Kenya and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help increase forest cover as part of efforts to protect the country against the vagaries
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Climate risk insurance annual report 2021
WFP is making climate risk insurance solutions work for food insecure populations. In 2021, WFP protected over 2.7 million people in 18 countries with climate risk insurance, getting closer to reaching
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Climate change affecting stability across West Africa and Sahel: UN security council
In a statement, the council president expanded concerns over the links between climate and violence in Africa to two regions that cover 26 countries French soldiers talk to locals in southern Mali.