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Water and Climate Change

Climate change is primarily a water crisis. We feel its impacts through worsening floods, rising sea levels, shrinking ice fields, wildfires and droughts. However, water can fight climate change. Sustainable water management is central to building the resilience of societies and ecosystems and to reducing carbon emissions. Everyone has a…

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As an African Youth – What you should know – support for adaptation in times of shifting politics and tight budgets

Africa faces a critical climate adaptation finance crisis, with funding needs outpacing current levels and trust in international commitments eroding. We examine how Europe can improve its support for Africa’s climate adaptation needs amidst rising African disillusionment and geopolitical and domestic challenges. We explore how Europe can support Africa in…

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Regional Consultative Meeting of the UNEP Major Groups and Stakeholders, Africa Ahead of the Tenth Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN).

The AMCEN session, whose theme was « Scaling up Africa’s ambition to reduce land degradation, desertification and drought », was held from 1 to 6 September 2024 in Abidjan. With around 65% of productive land currently degraded, and more than 400 million people affected in Africa, this meeting came at an important…

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African Group Of Negotiators on Climate Change Pre-COP29 meeting

African Group Of Negotiators on Climate Change Pre-COP29 meetingVenue : Trademark Center, Nairobi, KenyaDate: 14-16 August 2024 DECLARATION FOR DOWNLOAD ON OUR AGN MEETING BackgroundThe report summarizes proceedings, outcomes and way forward from the African Group of  Negotiators on climate change Pre-COP29 meeting which was attended by African Climate Justice…

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