Africa

23 June 2023 – In this interview, Perk Pomeyie shares his experiences as a key figure in Ghana Youth Environment, a youth-led environmental policy advocacy and non-violent campaign group in Ghana.

3 December 2021 – ‘Climate change is dismantling some of the most fragile human-environment dynamics in existence’. In Malawi, many communities have been based around subsistence farming for thousands of years. And yet with today’s…

15 November 2021 – Could conflict over natural resources due to climate change cause the next great war? Nikunj Bhimsaria outlines the research that suggests that this is a real threat. Wars of the future…

23 September 2021 – by Shambhavi Kant The improvement of women and girls’ adaptive capacities to climate change is of paramount importance. In this piece, Shambhavi Kant explores the gendered impact of climate migration on…

8 June 2021 – by Rachel Aronoff This article sheds light on how environmental disasters, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, have resulted in the exploitation of women and young girls, with frequent and devastating practices such…

4 May 2021 – by Rachel Aronoff The ongoing climate crisis in Malawi will continue to deteriorate if its effects on highly vulnerable communities are left unchecked. The worsening irregularities in seasonality have exacerbated issues…

14 April 2021 – by Elias Nepa Questions we should ask ourselves in order to understand crises holistically include: what are the material links between the structure of social institutions, environmental protection, and systematic violence?…

23 March 2021 – by Vaughn Rajah We live in an age of extinction. Within this context, the current environmental law regime in South Africa and globally is, in many ways, inadequate to address the…

1 February 2021 – by Vaughn Rajah On 26 October 2020 the 2019 State of the Climate in Africa Report was published. The Report, a multi-agency publication coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), provides…