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November 19, 2025

Africa needs funding to adapt to the climate crisis – what negotiators need to do to secure it

Brian Mantlana, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Basanda Xhanti Nondlazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

African countries need funding, skilled staff, and technology to make adaptation happen.

December 14, 2023

Even with rapid reductions in emissions, we will still need to adapt to a harsher climate.

December 13, 2023

Bamidele Olajide, University of Lagos

COP28 was Africa’s ‘most vocal COP ever’. African leaders’ assertiveness paid off with new climate finance deals being struck.

Susannah Fisher
Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL
Bamidele Olajide
Lecturer (Political Science), University of Lagos
Brian Mantlana
Lead: Holistic Climate Change Impact Area, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Basanda Xhanti Nondlazi
Research Scientist and Climate Action Specialist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research