The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseoutWesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney and Ben Newell, UNSW Sydney
Ghana’s mining law aims to stop speculation but leaves communities in limbo – insights from a lithium case studyClement Sefa-Nyarko, King's College London
Young Africans will inherit a climate crisis: how kids in Sierra Leone are getting readyRebecca Morgenstern Brenner, Cornell University and Sonny S. Patel, Georgia State University; Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health
Madagascar’s ancient baobabs store 700 years of climate secrets – what they revealEstelle Razanatsoa, University of Cape Town; Lindsey Gillson, University of Cape Town, and Malika Virah-Sawmy, Humboldt University of Berlin
South Africans want solar power but they worry panels will be stolen – studyUzziah Mutumbi, Rhodes University; Gladman Thondhlana, University of Pretoria, and Sheunesu Ruwanza, Rhodes University
How AI’s language barrier limits climate disaster responsesIfeoluwa Wuraola, University of Hull; Daniel Marciniak, University of Hull, and Nina Dethlefs, Loughborough University
Planting trees to remove carbon can harm the environment – or protect it: study highlights trade-offsRuben Prütz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Gaurav Ganti, Humboldt University of Berlin; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Joeri Rogelj, Imperial College London, and Sabine Fuss, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Africa’s electric motorbike future can be built locally and powered by solar – our 6,000km ride shows what’s possibleMJ (Thinus) Booysen, Stellenbosch University
South Africa needs R250 billion just to meet basic climate adaptation needs over the next decadeAnna Taylor, University of Cape Town
Why Africa needs a green bank to fund climate action and build its own renewable technologyHoward Stein, University of Michigan and Michael Olabisi, Michigan State University
Africa needs to fight for a better deal on world trade rules: it should lead the charge on these 3 prioritiesOlabisi D. Akinkugbe, Dalhousie University and Janet Macharia, Strathmore University
Carbon capture in rural South Africa: projects show how fighting climate change can create rural jobs – researchSimbarashe Ndhleve, Walter Sisulu University; Hlekani Muchazotida Kabiti, Walter Sisulu University, and Leonard Chitongo, Walter Sisulu University
Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fallChristian Moretti, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Bessie Noll, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Africa needs 50 million new homes, but building is bad for the environment: how to finance ‘green’ solutionsJonathan Oladeji, University of Johannesburg and Chioma Okoro, University of Johannesburg
Solar power in rural Zimbabwe hasn’t reduced women’s unpaid work: can policy do better?Ellen Fungisai Chipango, University of Johannesburg
Critical mineral supply faces risks if local communities aren’t consulted enough: the case of lithium in GhanaClement Sefa-Nyarko, King's College London
Solar power is taking off in Malawi: but poor households need financial help to make it work for themPam Jagger, University of Michigan; Charles B.L. Jumbe, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Congyi Dai, University of Michigan; Ryan McCord, Duke University, and Thabbie Chilongo, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
What’s stopping sunny South Africa’s solar industry? Court case sheds light on the wider problemWikus Kruger, University of Cape Town
Africa’s critical minerals are a huge economic opportunity: G20 framework sets out ways to seize itGlen Nwaila, University of the Witwatersrand and Grant Bybee
Heatwaves will be worst for rural parts of Africa – new model shows tens of millions face dangerous warming by 2100Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri, Australian National University
Insects in the tropics are already near their heat limits – climate change could push many beyond survivalKim Holzmann, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
Chopping down areas of tropical rainforest is causing rising temperatures linked to thousands of deathsDominick Spracklen, University of Leeds
Kenya’s double climate crisis: it needs funds to adapt, and disaster aid is damaging the environmentCatherine Wanjiku Nyambura, Uganda Technology and Management University
Climate change could pose a major risk to cassava in Africa: study sets out what can be done nowGeofrey Wingi Sikazwe, University of Dar es Salaam
Sea levels around Africa are rising faster than the global average: what’s behind this alarming trendFranck Ghomsi, University of Cape Town
Ghana’s cities are getting hotter: they need more trees to keep them coolYaw Agyeman Boafo, University of Ghana
South African court orders Eskom to disclose R70 billion coal and diesel contracts – why the ruling mattersFelix Dube, University of Venda
South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in courtAngela van der Berg, University of the Western Cape
Mining companies and land rights in South Africa: how environmentalists have used the law to defend communitiesMzingaye Brilliant Xaba, National University of Lesotho
Activists in Ghana are forcing extractive firms to account for the harm they cause – corporate abuse studyCynthia Kwakyewah, York University, Canada
The G20 was built to stabilise the world’s economy – but it’s failed on climate, debt and inequalityRasigan Maharajh, Tshwane University of Technology
