Climate Change

For decades, efforts to halt deforestation in the Global South have gained much attention within the policy arena, most recently as a powerful and effective measure to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One well-known initiative is the framework on “Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in…

United Nation (UN) Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has declared that a strong new national climate plan would “Supercharge the Nigerian economy, building on the country’s climate leadership and economic progress. The comments from the UN’s climate chief capped a four-day visit to Nigeria, during which he met with…

Polar Bears International photo of a polar bear in Svalbard, Norway, in 2018 - Copyright Intuitive Machines, LLC/AFP HANDOUT Kelly MACNAMARA Global sea ice cover fell to a historic low in February when the world continued to experience exceptional heat and temperatures reached 11 degrees Celsius above average near the…

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 10, March 2025. SignificanceHarnessing the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate emerges as a promising avenue to confront climate change and strive for carbon neutrality amid the pursuit of clean and renewable energy sources. This avenue mitigates ...Read More

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), and the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), have agreed to partner to mitigate the impact of climate change on Nigerian farmers.  At a meeting hosted by the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, the duo agreed to empower smallholder farmers,…

Bribery, theft, conflicts of interest, and other forms of corruption are hampering global efforts to fight climate change and protect the environment. That’s according to a new study by Transparency International that reveals countries that experience high levels of corruption often bypass environmental laws to exploit natural resources, and rely…

In Kenya’s Bomet and Homabay Counties, smallholder bean farmers are adopting innovative and sustainable agricultural techniques to bolster resilience and increase production in the face of climate change. By integrating beneficial insects such as bees and diversifying their farms with fruit trees including mangoes, avocados and oranges, these farmers are…

Schematic and analysis method for AMOC upwelling pathways. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08544-0 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—a major transporter of heat to the north Atlantic and northwestern Europe—is unlikely to collapse this century, according to new research. The paper, published in the journal Nature, was led by a…

The communities around Lake Chad have always lived by its water rhythms. Now, as climate change impacts intensify, they must find new ways to adapt. The Lake Chad Basin lies in the Sahel, on the southern edge of the Sahara. The basin is enormous, covering 2.5 million square kilometers (965,255…

Building regulations should be changed so that no new homes are completed with gas grid connections after this year, an influential body has said. The Climate Change Committee (CCC), the government’s official advisory body on reducing emissions, outlined a range of measures needed to decarbonise the UK by 2050. The…