Floods, droughts, hotter weather and a desert locust invasion — the impacts of climate change are hitting Africa hard, and worse is ahead for the region’s food supplies, economy and health, the U.N.

Temperature increases in mountain areas are known to stimulate an upslope shift of plant species that are adapted to colder temperatures. However, the research team has now found that under an ...

As Africa’s population climbs toward 2.5 billion, its farms face a big challenge: produce more food without raising emissions ...

GLOBAL activists are watching progress in the preparatory meeting for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference ...

The planet is showing signs it's in peril. In recent weeks, the world has seen ferocious wildfires in the U.S. West, torrential rains in Africa, weirdly warm temperatures on the surface of tropical ...

From collapsing maize yields to a possible cyclone hitting Richards Bay, a Wits expert warns that South Africa’s climate ...

For decades geologists thought the slow rise of South Africa’s southern coast was driven by forces deep below—buoyant plumes ...

In his closing statement, George said that from the onset, South Africa’s interventions on the Addis Ababa Declaration “are ...

Nii Commey, convener of the summit, underlined the central role of climate communication in Africa. “Statistics alone will not move people. It is the human stories of farmers, fishers, women, and ...

Alfonso H. Peter Castro, an anthropologist and associate professor at Syracuse University, uses the viewpoint of African people living outside cities to explain the drastic effects of climate change. ...

YOUTH representatives from across Africa have called for greater inclusion in climate decision-making processes, urging ...