Cow dung, fruit trees and ants: How Assam copes with climate change
Subhadra Kumari had to wait a nervous few weeks before the flood waters abated from her paddy field and she could start planting rice...
Africa must call for climate change solidarity at the UN
The AU’s initiative to help affected countries looks promising, but needs global backing. By Liesl Louw-Vaudran for ISS TODAY. The...
Pope on climate change, "Man is stupid, stubborn, someone who does not see"
Pope Francis talked to journalists on his flight home after his visit to Colombia. He spoke about the responsibility of politicians who...
Floods, Hurricanes, Droughts… When Climate Sets the Agenda
When officials and experts from all over the world started the first-ever environmental summit hosted by China, they were already aware...
The Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Health in Africa and Asia
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 150,000 annual deaths in low-income countries are brought about by the adverse...
‘Our aim is to provide jobs for 25m youths by 2025’
Jennifer Blanke is the Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB). In this...
Desert locusts: New risks in the light of climate change
Desert locusts are a major pest on numerous crops and pastures throughout a vast area of almost 30 million km2 covering Africa north of...
Climate Change’s Crippling Effect on Africa
The African farming communities that have scrapped by with low food resources and water scarcity for generations now face an obstacle...
A panoply of policy instruments to promote sustainable food systems in West Africa
ECDPM’s Carmen Torres interviews ECOWAS Director Alain Sy Traoré, on how his organisation is seeking to use its new agricultural policy,...
Opinion: Stop talking right now about the threat of climate change. It’s here; it’s happening
For the sake of keeping things manageable, let’s confine the discussion to a single continent and a single week: North America over the...