At least 130 people have died after floods and landslides hit Rwanda’s northern and western provinces, authorities say. The rains hit at night when many...
Tag - Climate change
This weekly round-up brings you key climate crisis stories from the past week.Top climate crisis and environment news: Horn of Africa drought worse for many...
Food disruptions from the pandemic, war show the need for strong local supply chains. Yet the US and others won’t learn. From COVID-19 to Russian President...
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — At COP27, the United Nations climate change conference held in Egypt this month, China has figured prominently in a debate between...
Africa’s energy sector faces a huge challenge: how to bring reliable access to electricity to hundreds of millions of people, while containing carbon emissions...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – COP27 climate talks dragged into the weekend after negotiators failed to agree on a final deal at the close on Friday...
South Africa is hugely reliant on coal for its energy but one of the country’s biggest problems is frequent power-cuts. So how can it reduce its use of...
Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard, according to a new...