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Africa’s small-scale aquaculture practitioners need cold storage facilities to stop their fish from going to waste.
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
The G20 must collect ancient practices that can help the world withstand climate change so that this knowledge is available for future generations.
Africa’s second climate summit agreed that climate finance to Africa must be a legal obligation and that every country on the continent should have a climate law.
The Amadiba community in South Africa holds fast to traditional farming. They have also withstood pressure to mine their land.
Researchers have found six steps to overturn unfair economic and social systems that leave disadvantaged people at risk of climate disasters.
Millions of jobs could be created from sustainable economic ocean development.
South Africa’s new climate targets cut emissions only modestly by 2035; a cautious path risks missing green investment, even though deeper cuts are within reach.
South Africa’s G20 presidency is working on getting communities ready to survive disasters.
Stored data contributes to greenhouse gas emissions by needing power for servers and cooling systems.
Africa’s Second Climate Summit in Ethiopia will try to find ways to bring in more finance to help the continent adapt to climate change.
Investment decisions that take into account social and environmental factors have been slow to take off in South Africa.
Low-income communities in Africa have done nothing to cause climate change but are worst affected by climate-related disasters, which are expensive to recover from.
State-contingent debt instruments allow countries hit by economic and climate crises to restructure their debt repayments.
Agriculture is not just a victim of climate change. It is key to the solution. It must receive the same attention globally as fossil fuels and energy transitions.
In his new book, Carl Death weighs up climate policies in African countries with each country’s stories and films about climate change.
New study finds that people in 12 African countries don’t fully accept that extreme weather disasters are caused by climate change. More public awareness is needed.
Blending livelihood strategies based on what works at different times in specific environments has been key to human survival for thousands of years.
Egypt has always relied on the River Nile for its freshwater but needs new sources to cope with a growing population. Desalinating seawater could be a solution.
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Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria and Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, North-West University
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Professor of Climate Change, Food Systems and Health and Director of The Lancet Countdown in Africa, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor and Head of the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics & Meteorology, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Senior research officer: Climate Adaptation in the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), University of Cape Town
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Director of African Climate and Development Initiative, Professor in Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Climate Change, Technology and Policy, Carleton University
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Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Professor in Engineering, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Environmental Science, Rhodes University
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Researcher in Environmental Science, Rhodes University
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Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University