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New research shows how women in rural Zimbabwe rebuilt their lives after Cyclone Dineo displaced hundreds of families and swept away their homes.
Previous rains and grain stocks could reduce the impact of the expected drought.
Factories that process crops and agricultural products need training and support to help them face climate risks.
The science behind Europe’s extreme heat is clear. The response isn’t.
A powerful Super El Niño is looming. Africa has learned hard lessons from past climate disasters that could help the world prepare.
The minerals needed for clean energy are driving widespread forest loss across Africa, much of it far beyond the mine itself and largely preventable.
Citizens don’t just respond to disasters. They also respond to how governments manage them.
Africa is rapidly expanding electricity generation, but new research shows energy planning must also account for water scarcity and carbon dioxide emissions.
With added climate pressures, ending the abusive practice of female genital mutilation becomes more challenging.
For many isiXhosa-speaking residents, disaster warnings arrive too late, or in language that is difficult to understand.
Geopolitical and economic uncertainty topped the G7 summit agenda. The world needs strong, inclusive international institutions more than ever.
Education systems across southern Africa must better prepare for a hotter future.
A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.
The housing shortage is a major concern for many EU citizens. A foresight study by more than 30 experts examines four ways affordable, low-carbon homes could emerge by 2040.
As climate crises deepen, Africa must turn its hard-won experience and local knowledge into global leadership on climate, health, food systems and clean energy.
Wealthy nations will need to help fund clean energy, green industrial growth and mineral processing.
Some parts of the world are warming far faster than other, but even within the same city some neighbourhoods are exposed and suffer more than others.
Weak surveillance and climate change could allow deadly hantaviruses to spread unnoticed across African countries, raising the risk of future outbreaks.
Figuring out how climate change will cause plant disease and pests to spread across Africa’s Great Lakes farms is critical for future food supplies.
Top contributors
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Research Fellow, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Gender and Migration Scientist; Regional Lead for Southern Africa in the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Team, CGIAR
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Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
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Environment + Energy Editor and Host of the Climate Fight podcast series, The Conversation
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Professor of Law, University College Cork; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Lecturer in Asia-Pacific Studies, University of Lancashire
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Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Visiting professor, Harvard University
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Lecturer in Sustainability, University of Manchester
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Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Lecturer in Art and researcher, University of Nigeria