Prices of cocoa surged by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024, and climate extremes in West Africa’s cocoa belt, which produces 70% of the world’s cocoa, are partly to blame. Cocoa — the main ...

African mountain ranges, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and the Ruwenzori Mountains, are facing accelerating climate impacts marked by melting glaciers, forest loss, and prolonged droughts.

Joyce Kimutai receives funding from Imperial College London, Danida and Kenya's Government. A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world’s people ...

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh (L), Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C) and Kenyan President William Ruto (R) walk together in conversation ahead of the opening of the High-Level Leaders ...

Extreme weather is creating fertile ground for conflict in multiple regions of Africa, the Pentagon’s top Africa official said Tuesday. It’s also threatening the U.S.’s ability to maintain military ...

By Bryan BwanaIn the weeks following the global deliberations at COP30, one message that rang clear to me was that climate action will succeed or fail in laboratories, parliaments and in the public ...

Climate disasters that kill large numbers of people have never been short, single events. They are almost always ...

Africa, which accounts for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, bears a disproportionate burden of climate impacts while struggling to access the liquidity needed to meet both its ...

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors—such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks—to thrive. Subscribe to our ...

The United Nations has urged African Journalists to pay more focus on climate justice reporting aimed at injecting renewed momentum into the realisation of just transition and expanding informed ...