In November, world leaders, scientists, non-governmental organisations, and civil society will convene in Brazil for the ...

Floods, droughts, hotter weather and a desert locust invasion — the impacts of climate change are hitting Africa hard, and worse is ahead for the region’s food supplies, economy and health, the U.N.

Alfonso H. Peter Castro, an anthropologist and associate professor at Syracuse University, uses the viewpoint of African people living outside cities to explain the drastic effects of climate change. ...

Cities in the global South hold some of the greatest, but most overlooked, climate-related health challenges. Yet, they are also places where there are major opportunities to not only tackle health ...

Temperature increases in mountain areas are known to stimulate an upslope shift of plant species that are adapted to colder temperatures. However, the research team has now found that under an ...

The impact of climate change on the education sector has become apparent. Reports from Save the Children(2008) and UNICEF(2008) show that this impact is being felt in the form of disruptions to school ...

A South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed ...

Once viewed as a distant concern, climate change has become a daily reality for many in West Africa. Recently, insurers from across the region met in Lagos to address the growing threat and explore ...

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 ...