climate

To create a Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) System, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MTN Nigeria and Tomorrow.io, an advanced weather intelligence firm, on Friday. NiMet,…

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events has driven up the cost of response, mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Ahead of the global climate summit which kicks off in Azerbaijan on Monday, countries are being urged to…

Ahead of the United Nations COP29 summit in Azerbaijan this month, women in Senegal took to the streets of Dakar to demand climate justice. Attended by some 50 climate activists, they are seeking protection of the country’s resources and…

As temperatures rise globally, the impact of climate change on the transmission of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, becomes increasingly evident. In the arid lands of Isiolo, Kenya, the story of Wilson Mutai, a 76-year-old farmer,…

As the United Arab Emirates gets ready to host this year's COP28 from November 30 to December 12, final preparations are underway. In a year of devastating floods, wildfires and the hottest temperatures on record, the climate conference,…

Amidst growing pressure from climate change, Senegal's nomadic pastoralists are finding ways to adapt. Although pastoralism has sustained populations around the world for millennia, climate change is contributing to a deterioration of…

Financing of renewable energies, reform of the international financial system and carbon taxes, the first African summit on the climate drew up this week in Nairobi the list of the demands of Africa to lighten the financial burden of the…

A landmark African climate summit ended on Wednesday after leaders adopted a declaration highlighting the continent's potential as a green powerhouse, Kenyan President William Ruto said. "We march on with the Nairobi declaration," said…

More than a dozen heads of state of African countries are due to attend the first African Climate Summit as the continent seeks to assert a stronger voice on a global existential problem that it contributes the least to. Kenyan President…

The second edition of the DRC Country Risk Conference was well attended by investors and senior Congolese officials. The DRC's Finance Ministry organised the conference to help investors understand the risks and opportunities in the…