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Desertification resulting from climate change in North East Nigeria has considerably shrunk bodies of water in the region. One of them — Lake Chad — is a central fishing area. To further complicate matters, fishing is nearly impossible in what is left of the lake because of Boko Haram's decade long insurgency. As fishermen try to settle in new areas, tensions have arisen. ( Listen to audio 6…

The fashion industry produces more harmful carbon emissions than the aviation and shipping industries combined. Does your closet contribute to climate change? Find out with thredUP’s fashion footprint calculator. New study shows that most consumers don’t believe their fashion habits contribute to climate change. thredUP’s ‘Fashion Footprint Calculator’ aims to raise awareness about…

This week's UK-Africa Investment Summit will provide a welcome business-focused forum for leaders to assess the challenges and opportunities for African countries. Throughout the summit, I will stress the importance – and difficulty – of transformational improvements in economic programs. Faster, more sustained and broad-based growth is the only path to creating the jobs and stability needed for…

A key priority for Africa over the next decade should be to address a deteriorating food security situation that is compounded by the effects of climate change, declining agricultural productivity, and rapid population and urbanization growth. Encouragingly, this priority is reflected in initiatives shared by Africa and the world. Already, the African Union member states are committed to ending…

One of the less frequently heard aspects of global warming is the change to the planet's soil. Desertification has been a problem for Mediterranean countries such as Spain and Greece for some time, but it is now affecting some unexpected parts of Europe, like Hungary. Mónika Lakatos is a Hungarian Meteorologist: "The negative effect of climate change can be seen on the extreme…

Next Thursday, January 30, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will debut an exhibition entitled “Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara,” a sprawling survey of a region on the southern tip of the Sahara desert that included the formidable empires of Ghana (300–1200), Mali (1230–1600), Songhay (1464–1591), and Segu (1640–1861). Exhibition dates : January 30–May 10, 2020 (https://www…