A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

Women in Africa are often framed as especially vulnerable to climate change. Our earlier research suggested that women ...

Climate change lawsuits have become a new way for countries to assert their rights against actions that degrade the environment. But African countries have yet to fully exploit this route.

A new book, Navigating Africa’s Climate Development Nexus, written by African Climate Foundation (ACF) founder Saliem Fakir, offers a perspective centering on African agency, pragmatism and long ...

South Africa’s central bank plans to expand its examination of climate risk to the insurance industry, as it seeks to anticipate threats that can do far-reaching economic harm. “This year we ...

He is the best known of a cohort of African architects whose ideas are at the profession’s cutting edge. In particular, they ...

Africa’s first continent-wide space agency, the African Space Agency (AfSA), which was inaugurated in April, is looking to secure funding as its first projects get underway.

On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in ...

South Africa’s coal dependence makes its energy transition both vital and challenging, while Europe urgently needs to boost its competitiveness and build resilient supply chains—making climate action ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces growing climate vulnerability, with rising temperatures and extreme weather threatening ...