In Focus
Climate
This beat covers the effects of climate change on people and the planet, and individual and collective climate actions to mitigate and adapt to its impacts.
Lead poisoning: the persistent threat from mismanaged waste
Climate youth advocate making a difference
Turning waste into treasure: Gadiaba Kodio's mission to recycle Africa's waste
COP29: Africa’s negotiating strategy must build on past lessons
Despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still headed for global warming of more than 3°C this century.
Countries accelerate use of renewable energy and are leading energy transition efforts.
— Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Chair, African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change
Climate change increasingly threatens human health, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa
Annual restoration of 8.2 million hectares and US$4.3 billion may be needed to achieve the planned 100 million hectares by 2030.
Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in Sudan’s White Nile State.
