Increased weather and climate variability is disrupting lives and economies in the continent;. Credit: Campbell Easton/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Oct 20 2021 (IPS) While Africa reportedly causes just 4 percent of global emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) —an acidic colourless gas with a density about 53% higher than that of dry air, causing climate change—,
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21 October 2021
Climate Change: How 1.300 Billion Africans Cause Least But Suffer Most
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20 October 2021
A procedure for globally institutionalizing a ‘beyond-GDP’ metric
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Publication date: February 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 192 Author(s): Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh
20 October 2021
Participatory futures thinking in the African context of sustainability challenges and socio-environmental change
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Futures thinking is a key competency in sustainability studies, and the field is currently experiencing a strong surge in participatory scenario development and visioning approaches. Sub-Saharan Africa has a particularly long history of participatory approaches to development; however, the same participatory approaches have often faced critique for lacking the potential to stimulate empowerment and social
20 October 2021
UK’s net zero plan falls short on ambition and funding, say critics
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Government says strategy would create 440,000 jobs, but Treasury warns taxes may need to rise to fund changes Analysis: UK’s net zero strategy has a glaring omission: Rishi Sunak The UK government’s long-awaited strategy for reaching net zero emissions falls short on ambition and is not backed up with adequate funding, experts and campaigners have
19 October 2021
Turning Carriers of Water into Managers of Water
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Erratic water supplies mean women in urban Zimbabwean cities, like Bulawayo, need to fetch water from water points. Studies have shown that while water, sanitation and hygiene are a women’s domain, they are not involved in water management. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS By Ignatius BandaBulawayo, ZIMBABWE , Oct 19 2021 (IPS) Each morning, Langelihle Tshuma checks
18 October 2021
US and China urged to find way to work together before Cop26
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Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon appeals to Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to meet and find common ground US president Joe Biden and the president of China, Xi Jinping, have been urged to meet before the UN Cop26 climate talks to search for common ground by the former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and other prominent
18 October 2021
We Will Never Give Up the Slavery Reparations Fight, say Caribbean Rastafarians
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Ras Bongo Wisely Tafari (far right) holds on to the CARICOM’s symbol of the reparatory justice movement, the reparations baton, in Castries, Saint Lucia. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS By Alison KentishDOMINICA, Oct 18 2021 (IPS) The Rastafarian organizations in the Caribbean are determined that the issue of slavery reparations will emerge from the eclipse of COVID-19.
17 October 2021
Buttigieg warns Manchin of resistance to Biden’s climate plan: ‘It will cost lives’
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White House has said clean energy provisions likely to be dropped from bill to secure support of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema The transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg delivered a blunt warning on Sunday to Joe Manchin and other Senate Democrats who are forcing Joe Biden to scale back his climate crisis agenda: your resistance is
17 October 2021
Social tipping processes towards climate action: A conceptual framework
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Publication date: February 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 192 Author(s): Ricarda Winkelmann, Jonathan F. Donges, E. Keith Smith, Manjana Milkoreit, Christina Eder, Jobst Heitzig, Alexia Katsanidou, Marc Wiedermann, Nico Wunderling, Timothy M. Lenton
17 October 2021
‘We all have a role’: more than 260 Australian rules footballers sign up to climate campaign
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AFL Players For Climate Action counts members from the men’s and women’s leagues and hopes to build club and fan support Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Australian rules footballers have come together to tackle the climate crisis with more than 260 players from the men’s and women’s competitions signing up