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Browsing: Environment
Lev Shevtsov14 September 2026 19:41
Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change. Increasingly they make decisions based on climate-related information supplied by governments, funders and researchers.
East Africa’s shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more. The 2025 State of the Climate in Africa report (page 13) estimates that the ice areas on Mt Kenya, the continent’s second-highest peak, have shrunk 96% in the past 115 years. The ice cap will cease to…
In a bright, spacious factory on the outskirts of Lagos, young engineers in overalls work their way along the production line, carefully inspecting the shimmery blue solar cells that turn sunlight into electricity.
Climate change has already doubled the world’s heatwaves between 2024 and 2025 and brought more severe droughts, floods and water shortages to Africa. These changes are damaging crops, homes, infrastructure and ecosystems, and placing growing pressure on people’s health and livelihoods.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) extended weather forecast for Wednesday and Thursday (09-10 September 2026), points to hot and increasingly windy conditions developing over the Central Karoo, with the Sutherland and Laingsburg areas of the Western Cape forecast to reach highs of around 25 degrees Celsius under fresh to strong winds of up to…
Africa’s effort to protect communities from floods, droughts, storms and other hazards is entering a decisive phase as governments confront the gap between predicting extreme weather and preventing its worst consequences. The Addis Ababa Call to Action, issued after the Africa Early Warnings Forum in Ethiopia from September 2 to 4, 2026, urges public institutions…
South Africa is home to extraordinary wildlife, rare plant species and ecosystems found nowhere else on Earth, with parts of the country falling within three global biodiversity hotspots. This natural wealth faces growing pressure as 36% of terrestrial ecosystems and 65% of inland aquatic ecosystems are now considered threatened. Government conservation budgets have also declined…
South Africa’s energy system is undergoing a major transition, with persistent load shedding coming to an end as coal-fired power plants return to service and private-sector participation in the electricity market increases.
