Tag Archives: climate

With COP32 scheduled for Addis Ababa already dominating political discussions across the continent, African leaders must choose their language more carefully   COMMENT |  MARTHA BEKELE | When politicians nowadays talk about Africa and climate change, they tend to use the same words: “leadership”, “opportunity”, and “solutions”. Africa is no longer …

Each day spent fetching water steals time, education, and opportunity, highlighting inequalities that persist worldwide   NEWS FEATURE | RONALD MUSOKE | In the vast, sun-scorched plains of Uganda’s northeastern region of Karamoja, the search for water begins before the day has properly broken. In scattered homesteads across this semi-arid region, …

Island economies need about US$12 billion a year for climate adaptation but receive just over US$2 billion in international public finance   SPECIAL FEATURE | RONALD MUSOKE | Across the turquoise lagoons and coral-fringed shores of the world’s small island nations, nature is both a lifeline and a vulnerability. From the …

COMMENT | ALEX ATWEMEREIREHO | The defining challenge of the 21st century is not technological capacity, economic growth, or political power; it is whether humanity can sustain life on a planet it is rapidly degrading. Environmental protection has moved from the margins of policy debate to the very centre of global …

Here is why climate change is no longer just an environmental but a public finance issue   COMMENT | HELLEN DIANA ZAWEDDE | When harvests fail after prolonged droughts, when floods cut off roads and markets, when heat waves strain health services, and when infrastructure crumbles under extreme weather, the damage …

Access to European markets increasingly depends on surrendering precise farm data under EUDR rules   Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In the lush highlands of eastern and western Uganda, coffee farmers have long relied on fertile soils, predictable rains, and generations of agricultural knowledge to sustain their livelihoods. Today, however, …

COMMENT | PETER THOMSON  |  While the ocean’s health is perilously close to a tipping point, 2025 offered reasons for hope. In fact, over the next five years, we have an opportunity to pull back from the brink and ensure that the ocean continues to stabilize the climate, feed billions …

At a quiet hotel in rain-soaked Maun, African policymakers, scientists and community voices came together to design a continental biodiversity programme rooted in shared ecosystems, resilience and cooperation Maun, Botswana | RONALD MUSOKE | On the edge of the Okavango Delta, where seasonal rains soften northern Botswana and the air …

COMMENT | Francesca Mascha Klein & Laura Schäfer | Amid rising geopolitical tensions, pressure to comply with climate obligations increasingly comes from courts. Earlier this year, both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued landmark advisory opinions affirming that countries must address climate change, and that failure …

This ‘new normal’ requires new thinking COMMENT | QIMIAO FAN & DIJI CHANDRASEKHARAN BEHR |  When daily news reports on the impact of yet another disruptive flood in Kampala, or the rising cost of matooke due to prolonged droughts, it raises public concern and frustration. Yet the effects of climate …