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Africa is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the globe, and with 20 countries already warming faster than the globe, this means that the safe threshold of 1.5℃ will be breached faster in Africa than in any other region. But climate change is only one red flag. Throughout 2020 and 2021, the pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global system. This devastation and the responses fostered by…

Wetlands Land areas that are saturated or flooded with water either permanently or seasonally. Inland wetlands: Marshes, lakes, rivers, floodplains, and swamps Coastal wetlands: Saltwater marshes, estuaries, mangroves, lagoons and coral reefs Human-made wetlands: Fish ponds, rice paddies and salt pans World Wetlands Day 2023…

In epizode 74 of the Freakonomics podcast the Soil scientist Asmeret Asefaw Berhe could soon hold one of the most important jobs in science. She explains why the ground beneath our feet is one of our greatest resources — and, possibly, one of our deadliest threats. The largest impact human communities have had on soil starts at the time when we started settled agricultural practices…

DENVER/NAIROBI/GENEVA, 9 January 2023 – The ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, with the global phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefitting efforts to mitigate climate change. This is the conclusion of a UN-backed panel of experts, presented today at the American Meteorological Society’s 103rd annual meeting. Examining novel technologies such as geoengineering…

According to a new Oxford study, climate change will get worse in the coming decades as nearly 90 per cent of the world's population will face extreme heat and drought conditions. The study published in Nature Sustainability says the combined threats of heat and drought put societies and ecosystems at a much higher risk than when either of them is considered independently. The researchers made…

Africa: Governance of the "Great Green Wall" - Collaboration between UNDP and the COP15 presidency at the heart of concerns “Supporting Climate-Sensitive Development in Africa”. This is the theme of the 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) held in Balaclava, Mauritius, from December 9 to 11, 2022. This conference brought together policymakers, climate scientists, the private sector,…