First high-res map of Africa from space reveals continent in stunning detail
Over the course of a year, ESA collected huge amounts of satellite data to create the first high-res image of the African continent. From...
Researchers model how changes in climate, socioeconomic status will likely affect health outcomes in
Over the past decade, increasing temperatures across much of Africa and decreasing rainfall across East Africa have come to represent an...
Catholic groups boycott fossil fuels in push for action on climate change
Forty Roman Catholic groups have said they were shunning investments in fossil fuels and urged others to follow suit. The coalition was...
Securing Land Rights in Africa
Earlier this month, Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warned that Africa would continue to be...
New research highlights the need to learn from past climate changes
New international research led by The University of Manchester has highlighted that learning from previous periods of climate change is...
Climate Change and Nepal’s food insecurity
Food insecurity and malnutrition is one of the major health issues caused by climate change. It is irrefutably the most important...
To Fight Climate Change, Educate and Empower Girls
Girls and women bear the brunt of climate change impacts. Natural disasters kill more women than men: an estimated 90 percent of those...
Most river basins in India not climate resilient
A new study by Indian researchers has shown that only 6 out of 22 river basins in the country have the potential to cope with the threat...
Climate change will increase the risk of severe turbulence on planes, research says
Climate change is set to increase the amount of severe turbulence on planes by 2050 to 2080, according to a study. Researchers at the...
UNEP warns climate change to escalate conflicts in Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa region could become an epicenter of violent conflicts as climatic shocks intensify the scramble for grazing lands and...