Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planetNir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method’s risksKelsey Roberts, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth; Daniele Visioni, Cornell University; Morgan Raven, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Tyler Rohr, University of Tasmania
The G20 was built to stabilise the world’s economy – but it’s failed on climate, debt and inequalityRasigan Maharajh, Tshwane University of Technology
Sahel farmers do better when they combine innovations rather than using them one by oneLateef Olalekan Bello, University of Tokyo
Climate adaptation has a new global plan. What the Belem indicators are and why they matter to AfricaOlasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, United Nations University
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geologyChristine Siddoway, Colorado College; Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt, The University of Texas at Austin, and Keiji Horikawa, University of Toyama
Zambia’s factories burn too much coal – how reusing hot water can cut energy usePaul Coughlan, Trinity College Dublin and Aonghus McNabola
South Africa’s G20 presidency is over – what did it achieve for climate and clean energy in Africa?Britta Rennkamp, University of Cape Town
Coral reefs have orchestrated Earth’s climate for 250 million yearsTristan Salles, University of Sydney and Laurent Husson, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Africa needs funding to adapt to the climate crisis – what negotiators need to do to secure itBrian Mantlana, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Basanda Xhanti Nondlazi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
The three big reasons why Mozambique is not adapting to climate change and what needs to be doneSerafino Afonso Rui Mucova, Lúrio University
Land is Africa’s best hope for climate adaptation: it must be the focusPeter Akong Minang, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Yaoundé is set to sizzle at 38°C by 2030: how green design could cool Cameroon’s capitalPhilippes Mbevo Fendoung, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
COP30: petrostates block climate deal once again, but some countries are taking their own decisive steps to phase out fossil fuelsJordi Roca Jusmet, Universitat de Barcelona
‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is corporate gaslighting – the real change must come from the fossil fuel industryAlex Lenferna, University of Fort Hare
African countries gear up for major push on climate innovation, climate financing and climate change lawsPedi Obani, University of Bradford
Africa’s ‘great green wall’ is stalling: in Senegal very few planted areas show progressAnnah Lake Zhu, Wageningen University and Amadou Ndiaye, Université Amadou Mahtar MBOW de Dakar
Climate change and inequality are connected – policies need to reflect thisAnda David, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Rawane Yasser, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Factory farming in Africa: development banks see it as a good idea, but it’s bad for the climateDivya Narain, University of Oxford
New report reveals how climate change is spreading infectious diseases to new regionsTulio de Oliveira, Stellenbosch University; Cheryl Baxter, Stellenbosch University, and Maambele Khosa, Stellenbosch University
Climate crisis is a daily reality for many African communities: how to try and protect themDecide Mabumbo, CGIAR
Colonialism and climate risk are connected: evidence from Ghana and SenegalNick Bernards, University of Warwick
South African study finds 4 low-income communities can’t cope with global warming: what needs to changeSithabile Hlahla, University of Cape Town
TotalEnergies: French court ruling over false climate claims could boost African cases against pollutersZunaida Moosa Wadiwala, University of the Witwatersrand and Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand
Children and young people at climate talks: seen, photographed, but not allowed to decide anythingKatie Reid, University College Cork; Aoife Daly, University College Cork; Independent Social Research Foundation, and Florencia Paz Landeira, University College Cork
South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might helpAngela van der Berg, University of the Western Cape
Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South AfricaTracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand; Angela van der Berg, University of the Western Cape, and Chiedza Machaka, University of the Witwatersrand
African debt and climate change: how the ICJ’s Vanuatu ruling could be used for broader justiceDanny Bradlow, University of Pretoria
