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IMF approves over $900m to support Tanzania budget, climate change fightKanishka Singh

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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

By Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Climate change is affecting mining in Africa. Source: Vlad Chetan/Pexels

22 illegal miners dead in Tanzania's unseasonal rains

By Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2024

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Ghana government gives Africa's largest rooftop solar green light

Ghana government gives Africa's largest rooftop solar green light

14 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

#COP28: Development bank head urges African exemption from EU carbon tax

Simon Jessop 7 Dec 2023

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#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

#AEW2023: OPEC says energy-starved Africa needs fairer climate treatment

#AEW2023: OPEC says energy-starved Africa needs fairer climate treatment

Wendell Roelf 17 Oct 2023

Aerial view of Derna city, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 14 September 2023. Source: Reuters/Ayman Al-Sahili

Explainer: What caused the floods in Libya and why are they so bad?

Tom Perry 15 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

The African Union becomes a permanent member of the G20

11 Sep 2023

Source: Ruben Hanssen via

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

Source: United Nations. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.

#BRICS2023: UN Secretary-General calls for African seat on Security Council

Katja Hamilton 25 Aug 2023

Burnt trees and vehicles are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Bejaia, Algeria, 25 July 2023. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina

Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia

Tarek Amara and Michele Kambas 25 Jul 2023

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Africa: Transforming carbon markets as implementation of Paris Agreement commitments progress

Kieran Whyte and Clara Hans 12 Jul 2023

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Rwanda and partners to seek further €300m for climate resilience

George Obulutsa 23 Jun 2023

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish 23 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Noah Browning 25 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

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Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

3 Feb 2023

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Jonathan Colmer 27 Jan 2023

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Vincent Obisie-Orlu 26 Jan 2023

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Danone targets 30% cut in methane emissions from fresh milk supply chain by 2030

20 Jan 2023

6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

Wesley Morgan 18 Jan 2023

How African organisations can use AI to accelerate sustainability in 2023

How African organisations can use AI to accelerate sustainability in 2023

Ria Pinto 12 Jan 2023

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

11 Jan 2023

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

Saskia Werners and Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola 5 Jan 2023

More news

IMF approves over $900m to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight

Kanishka Singh 21 Jun 2024

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Climate change is affecting mining in Africa. Source: Vlad Chetan/Pexels

22 illegal miners dead in Tanzania's unseasonal rains

Lindsey Schutters 16 Jan 2024

Ghana government gives Africa's largest rooftop solar green light

Ghana government gives Africa's largest rooftop solar green light

14 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

#COP28: Development bank head urges African exemption from EU carbon tax

Simon Jessop 7 Dec 2023

Image source: andreypopov –

#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

#AEW2023: OPEC says energy-starved Africa needs fairer climate treatment

#AEW2023: OPEC says energy-starved Africa needs fairer climate treatment

Wendell Roelf 17 Oct 2023

Aerial view of Derna city, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 14 September 2023. Source: Reuters/Ayman Al-Sahili

Explainer: What caused the floods in Libya and why are they so bad?

Tom Perry 15 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

The African Union becomes a permanent member of the G20

11 Sep 2023

Source: Ruben Hanssen via

'Worthless' forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change

Julia P G Jones and Neal Hockley 28 Aug 2023

Source: United Nations. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.

#BRICS2023: UN Secretary-General calls for African seat on Security Council

Katja Hamilton 25 Aug 2023

Burnt trees and vehicles are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Bejaia, Algeria, 25 July 2023. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina

Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia

Tarek Amara and Michele Kambas 25 Jul 2023

Image source: Chayanit Chankhong –

Africa: Transforming carbon markets as implementation of Paris Agreement commitments progress

Kieran Whyte and Clara Hans 12 Jul 2023

Source: © amenic181 -

Rwanda and partners to seek further €300m for climate resilience

George Obulutsa 23 Jun 2023

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations

Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish 23 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Noah Browning 25 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

Image source: Pop Nukoonrat –

Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

3 Feb 2023

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Jonathan Colmer 27 Jan 2023

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Vincent Obisie-Orlu 26 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied

Danone targets 30% cut in methane emissions from fresh milk supply chain by 2030

20 Jan 2023

6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

Wesley Morgan 18 Jan 2023

How African organisations can use AI to accelerate sustainability in 2023

How African organisations can use AI to accelerate sustainability in 2023

Ria Pinto 12 Jan 2023

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

11 Jan 2023

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

Saskia Werners and Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola 5 Jan 2023

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change

Derek Lynch 29 Dec 2022

With $1m in grant funding, ACCF launches entrepreneurship project for women, youth

With $1m in grant funding, ACCF launches entrepreneurship project for women, youth

12 Dec 2022

Friends of the Earth appeals against UK support for Mozambique LNG project

Friends of the Earth appeals against UK support for Mozambique LNG project

Sam Tobin 8 Dec 2022

Earthshot Prize: 5 winners that will help solve major environmental problems

Earthshot Prize: 5 winners that will help solve major environmental problems

Mark Maslin 7 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

Swiss Re Foundation's $500,000 grant set to boost Africa's insurance sector

1 Dec 2022

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

Irene Lauro 23 Nov 2022

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh, Richard Taylor, Simon Chin-Yee 22 Nov 2022

Source: Pula Advisors.

Closing the gender gap in digital microinsurance among women smallholders in Africa

Katja Hamilton 18 Nov 2022

EU, 4 member countries to provide over €1bn for climate adaptation in Africa - official

EU, 4 member countries to provide over €1bn for climate adaptation in Africa - official

Kate Abnett and Yasmin Hussein 17 Nov 2022

An armful of scientific evidence underpins Africa's case at COP27

An armful of scientific evidence underpins Africa's case at COP27

Duncan MacFadyen and Rendani Nenguda 15 Nov 2022