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Africa’s ‘great green wall’ is stalling: in Senegal very few planted areas show progress

Annah Lake Zhu, Wageningen University and Amadou Ndiaye, Université Amadou Mahtar MBOW de Dakar

Two lines of people stand in front of a sign saying The Second Africa Climate Summit.

African countries gear up for major push on climate innovation, climate financing and climate change laws

Pedi Obani, University of Bradford

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African cities aren’t doing enough to adapt to climate change: lessons from Durban and Harare

Lorena Pasquini, University of Cape Town; Alice McClure, University of Cape Town; Anna Taylor; Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya, Chinhoyi University of Technology, and Lulu van Rooyen (nee Pretorius), University of KwaZulu-Natal

Will the G20 listen to its own advisors? 4 urgent steps on climate change

Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, University of Johannesburg

A coal fired power station with enormous towers and tin shacks built in front. A small boy wheels containers of water in a wheelbarrow.
South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might help

Angela van der Berg, University of the Western Cape

Activists stand outside a Shell petrol station with placards that show shell logo dripping with oil and a sign that says Stop Seismic Testing
Woman-headed households in rural South Africa need water, sanitation and energy to fight hunger – G20 could help

Adrino Mazenda, University of Pretoria and Hunadi Mapula Nkwana, University of South Africa

Four elderly women walk up a steep and grassy hill on a dirt track, each with a 20 litre bucket of water balanced on their heads
Colonialism and climate risk are connected: evidence from Ghana and Senegal

Nick Bernards, University of Warwick

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Solutions

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How to harness the ocean for prosperity: funding African innovations can unlock the blue economy

Nomtha Hadi, Nelson Mandela University

Climate disasters are escalating: 6 ways South Africa’s G20 presidency can lead urgent action

Olivia Kunguma, University of the Free State and Johannes Belle, University of the Free State

A row of houses that are flooded three quarters of the way up their doors
Climate change is making Africa’s debt burden worse – new debt contracts could help

Magalie Masamba, University of Pretoria

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Africa’s smallholder farmers are using bright ideas to adapt to climate change: G20 countries should fund their efforts

Olaoluwa Omoniyi Olarewaju, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Lloyd Baiyegunhi, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Olaniyi Fawole, University of Johannesburg, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Two women harvesting coffee beans in a bucket
Battery swapping stations powered by solar and wind: we show how this could work for electric vehicles in South Africa

Lumbumba Taty-Etienne Nyamayoka, University of the Witwatersrand

A line of about 60 boxes with modern green handles where drivers can pull out replacement electric batteries
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Green Transition

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South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate finance

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, University of Pretoria and Jessika Bohlmann

Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds

Abay Yimere, Tufts University

A glass globe featuring Africa next to a pile of coins with trees growing out of them, depicting climate finance
Green energy and protecting nature get the thumbs up in climate change study in 68 countries

Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University

Huts and one roomed homes submerged in water after a flood
Zimbabwe’s lithium is in demand for making batteries: how to make sure benefits flow to the local economy

Jabulani Shaba, University of Groningen

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Africa’s power pools: what the G20 can do to help countries share electricity

David Phaho, University of the Witwatersrand and Steven Matome Mathetsa, University of the Witwatersrand

Long lines of electricity pylons and wire stretch out across a desert landscape
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Climate crisis

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Child malnutrition is a sign of conflict to come: Nigerian study links climate change, food and violence

Marina Mastrorillo, CGIAR; Chun Song, CGIAR; Grazia Pacillo, CGIAR, and Victor Villa, CGIAR

Trees alone won’t save us: new study says forestation has less potential to fix the climate than hoped

Heiko Balzter, University of Leicester

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South African study finds 4 low-income communities can’t cope with global warming: what needs to change

Sithabile Hlahla, University of Cape Town

Children sit on the ground around a big pink circle drawn in chalk
Climate projects in South Sudan can turn deadly – how to avoid this

Ore Koren, Indiana University

A man stands in water up to his thighs
Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change

Piers Forster, University of Leeds and Debbie Rosen, University of Leeds

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Justice

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Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa

Tracy-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 justice

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria

African debt and climate change: how the ICJ’s Vanuatu ruling could be used for broader justice
Historic climate change ruling from the International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa

Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala, University of the Witwatersrand

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Climate change: new method can more accurately attribute environmental harm to individual polluters

Shashi Kant Yadav, Northumbria University, Newcastle and Gitanjali Nain Gill, Northumbria University, Newcastle

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Climate justice for Africa: 3 legal routes for countries that suffer the most harm

Oluwabusayo Wuraola, Anglia Ruskin University

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