DECLARATION OF THE THIRD AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOSS AND DAMAGE Lilongwe, Malawi; March 22, 2024 Preamble The third Africa Regional Conference on Loss and Damage, aimed at providing a platform for African stakeholders to develop strategies for accelerating access to loss and damage fund took place at…
The 2nd African Protected Area Directors (APAD) Conference 2024 Date: 5th – 8th March 2024Venue: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Organized by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority with the support of APAD, the African Wildlife Foundation and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer…
Women and girls face disproportionate impacts from climate change. They are also driving climate solutions at all levels – as farmers, workers, consumers, household managers, activists, leaders, and entrepreneurs The climate crisis does not affect everyone equally. Women and girls face disproportionate impacts from climate change — largely because they make up…
Climate change has increased levels of uncertainty about our future. As its impacts intensify over time, one thing has become certain: We will leave the Earth to today’s children and young people, and to future generations. The world is home to 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10…
The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) took place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEA-6 focused on how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution…
Our core purpose in this work is the question of how inner-led practices are mobilized by young people and resource-providers to nourish their inner worlds as they face escalating climate challenges. The Climate Youth Resilience team is drawing its Phase 1 work to a close and taking steps towards Phase…
The climate crisis is more real, and has a bigger impact on our lives, every day. Around the world, those who have contributed least to the crisis, suffer the most. The climate crisis is a class issue and a global South stability issue. There is an urgent need to reduce…
Last year, we embarked on an inspiring passion project that evolved from a brainstorm to gracing book stands with a launch at COP28! In 2020, driven by a commitment to climate action, we collaborated with communities in Zimbabwe, where elders shared their tales of resilience. Amidst these vibrant indigenous communities,…
THE RESILIENT40 CLIMATE CAFES What is a climate café? A climate café is a community-organised space for people to have open conversations about the climate crisis (including how it makes us feel). Every climate café is different: some might include unstructured discussions, while others could feature events and workshops. No…
In a world desperately in need of sustainable solutions, the voices of the future are conspicuously absent from international climate negotiations. As the COP28 unfolds in Dubai, the stark underrepresentation of young people, especially from marginalized communities, is more apparent than ever. As the world looks to Dubai for decisive…
Time to Act Now! Action on the climate crisis is needed now. The recent IPCC Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report states that it is likely that warming will exceed 1.5°C during the 21st century and make it harder to limit warming below 2°C. Every increment of global warming will intensify multiple and concurrent…
We, the Youth of Africa, declare a humanitarian crisis induced by climate change on our continent. Despite Africa contributing less than 4% of the historical global emissions, the brutal slow and rapid onset extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, landslides, storms and cyclones are ravaging lives and…