There were high expectations for COP27, the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP conferences broadly provide a platform for the negotiation of international…
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Tangible solutions would reduce livestock methane emissions, while also improving productivity and livelihoods.
Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
The lack of a clear formula to distinguish between donors’ adaptation and mitigation funds is hurting Africa’s climate response.
As the Earth warms up the malaria vector will develop faster, allowing them to breed faster, bite more frequently and expand into formerly unsuitable habitats.
The decision by African ministers of environment to end open waste burning will not only save lives but also open up new income streams.
Togo can take bold actions to reduce climate change emissions and also improve the health of its citizens.
People may think that green spaces often hide criminals. On the contrary, there is evidence they contribute to reducing crime.
There is only a single mooring managed by French researchers that monitors the impacts of climate change on West African Canary Current.
Birds species vary greatly in the way they handle heat – an important finding for predicting vulnerability to global warming.
The impact of climate change on the spread of crop pests is established. Biological control methods show some promise but the pace of climate change means scientists are in a race against time.
In the absence of peace, efforts to address climate risks will be restrained, ineffective and counterproductive.
African wild dogs are adapting to rising temperatures using a cue that no longer accurately predicts the best conditions for reproduction.
Millions of Africans could be uprooted or trapped where they are through climate-induced displacement and migration.
Natural disasters associated with climate change put people at risk of injury and death, and alter the prevalence and distribution of illnesses and infectious diseases.
COP conferences broadly provide a platform for the negotiation of international climate change agreements.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher in Climate and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chercheur Associé, Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)
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Associate Professor Animal Nutrition, Wageningen University
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Chief Research Officer, University of Cape Town
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Zoology and Genetics, National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics
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Distinguished Professor of Dairy Nutrition, Penn State
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Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Zoological Society of London
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Scientist, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Research Scientist at GroundTruth, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Engineering X Lead on Waste, Royal Academy of Engineering, Stellenbosch University
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Specialist, CGIAR