Kenyan youth demand increased taxation of world’s super-rich, polluting oil giants for climate justice
The UNTC’s third round of negotiations (INC-3) in Nairobi, from 10-19 November 2025, coincides with COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where countries are debating how to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap, ending forest destruction and who picks up the tab for international climate finance.
Trans Nzoia in western Kenya hit by heavy flooding that’s displaced some 4,500 families
Hailing Kenya Red Cross for showing up and standing with the affected families, Siyoi pointed out the growing risk of the floods to young girls who find themselves in the danger of being taken advantage of.
Kenya’s exams agency lays plans to airlift the tests to parts of Marakwet hit by landslides that cut off 15 schools, killed 26 people
The cabinet secretary appealed to local leaders, humanitarian agencies and well-wishers to support ongoing rescue and relief efforts as rains continue to pound the region.
Female oyster farmers in coastal Ghana desperate to revamp an old practice hit by climate change
In a group called the Densu Oyster Pickers Association, they have set out guidelines, including punitive measures for those who cut the mangroves outside of the allowed timeline. According to Bebli, first-time offenders will lose their oysters, while repeated offenders are reported to the police.
New report sounds alarm over how Africa is forced into painful trade-offs for climate action
The report calls on development actors to provide climate finance as grants and additional resources, not as loans that keep African countries trapped in a cycle of debt, but for greater support for debt cancellation to free up government funds for climate action.
African states moot plan to front climate change and conflict during international forums
Common African Positions aren’t normally concerned with this because we understand that things change from time to time, and this is a document that is going to guide the African Union and Africa for the next decade or more. So we can’t base that on particular changes or political issues, temporary political issues around the world, because things change all the time.
Africa gears up for second climate summit in Addis Ababa as world grapples rising sea levels, desertification
The second Africa climate summit (ACS2) comes after the inaugural of the Nairobi 2023 Summit (ACS1) and is meant to position Africa as a leader and solutions provider in matters climate change, where by building on the momentum of (ACS1).
Insurgency, ravages of climate change pose biggest threats to wildlife in northern Cameroon
Cameroon’s Far North has long been on the frontline of climate change. The region has suffered recurrent droughts, most notably during the 1970s and 1980s. This has led to successive waves of southerly migration to more fertile regions. Perhaps the most striking symbol of the changing climate is the shrinking of Lake Chad, a large part of which overlaps with northern Cameroon.
Environmental noise pollution: A scourge ravaging Uganda in the name of development
Farming was by the hoe. The popular mode of transport was walking but later the bicycle was introduced by the British colonialists. The popular bicycle was called Raleigh. The British had also introduced a very big, heavy motorcycle known as BSA, which was noisy before and during movement. However, the Bicycle and the motorcycle were beyond the reach of most people in my village.
Understanding High Seas Treaty to protect world oceans and why its implementation has delayed
The treaty also aims to ensure that all countries have fair and equitable access to the ocean’s resources. While it is widely referred to as the High Seas Treaty, officially it is called the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty.
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