Mombasa, Kenya — As temperatures climb, scientists warn the seas are approaching a dangerous tipping level. Warming oceans are altering marine ecosystems and elevating local weather dangers to communities throughout the globe, from dying coral reefs and lack of biodiversity to extra extreme floods and threats to meals safety. The oceans are warming quicker, already…
Human actions pushed international warming to 1.37°C above pre-industrial ranges in 2025. Scientists have warned that the world will in all probability exceed the crucial 1.5°C threshold inside 4 years if emissions proceed at present ranges. The findings come from the newest Indicators of World Local weather Change (IGCC) report, launched through the Bonn local…
Abuja — Nigeria is poised to imagine a uncommon place of affect in world local weather governance as former federal lawmaker and principal sponsor of the Local weather Change Act 2021, Hon. Sam Onuigbo, prepares to turn into President of GLOBE Worldwide, a strong cross-party alliance of legislators driving local weather laws throughout continents. The…
Since 2020, greater than 75 per cent of latest energy capability added globally has come from renewable sources. PHOTO/FILE By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Scientists say the Earth is prone to shoot previous a key international warming goal throughout the decade, bringing the planet ever nearer to a full-blown local weather disaster. The excellent news? A number of climate-friendly…
Local weather change associated excessive climate occasions killed 3,000 folks in Africa in 2025 says new report Sea-level rise alongside African coasts from 1999 to 2025 exceeds the worldwide common of three.6 mm per 12 months in a number of areas. PHOTO/WMO. By PATRICK MAYOYO Excessive climate and climate-related occasions affected at the least 13…
Infographic/AEN By PATRICK MAYOYO African civil society teams have issued a stark warning to international negotiators, calling for a right away shift from repeated local weather pledges to the supply of concrete motion on local weather finance, adaptation and a simply transition, as UN talks get beneath means in Bonn. In a press release launched…
Holocene closed its first enterprise fund, marking the ultimate shut of what it describes as Southern Africa’s first devoted high-growth local weather tech fund. Holocene Ventures Fund I backs early-stage founders constructing climate-focused firms throughout the area. The agency targets startups that want capital and operational help to achieve scale in areas akin to round…
Bonn — Africa contributes the least to international greenhouse fuel emissions, but it faces among the world’s most extreme climate-related well being impacts. A number of realities outline the continent’s local weather and well being panorama – elevated infectious illnesses, air air pollution, dying, disruption and stress on well being techniques by heatwaves, floods, droughts…
INFOGRAPHIC/EMG. By PATRICK MAYOYO Greater than 80 main scientists, researchers, and different stakeholders from across the globe have gathered in Rome this week for a pivotal worldwide assembly aimed toward advancing understanding of local weather change impacts, adaptation methods, and options for agriculture and meals methods. The four-day assembly, happening from 2 to five June…
Nairobi — African lawmakers have been urged to dismantle legislative and regulatory boundaries blocking local weather financing and fast-track methane discount insurance policies, as parliaments throughout the continent push to place themselves on the heart of the worldwide local weather response. The decision emerged strongly in the course of the opening of the Regional Parliamentary…