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Africa mulls gap in climate adaptation finance for agriculture

The agriculture sector’s adaptation to climate change in Africa remains severely underfunded, say stakeholders after the U.N.
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From Kilimanjaro to Ruwenzori: Africa’s Mountains Become Frontline of Climate Finance Battle

African mountain ranges, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and the Ruwenzori Mountains, are facing accelerating ...
Fast Company

African climate startups have a huge funding gap. Here’s what experts say

When Ademola Adesina founded a startup to provide solar and battery-based power subscription packages to individuals and businesses in Nigeria in 2015, it was a lot harder to raise money than it is ...
The Africa Report

Health finance for Africa: Belém Action Plan or US data-and-mining-for-healthcare strategy?

The Belém Health Action Plan, launched at November’s UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil, is expected to increase finance ...

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa

Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging ...
CNN

$23 billion pledged at Africa Climate Summit, but leaders warn of need ‘to act with urgency’

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit drew to a close on Wednesday, with the host, Kenya’s president William Ruto, saying that a total of $23 billion had been pledged to green projects by governments, ...

Warming may make tropical cyclone 'seeds' riskier for Africa

An existing body of research indicates that climate change is making tropical cyclones wetter and more powerful. Now, a new ...
National Catholic Reporter

As Africa prepares for COP30, its Catholic bishops urge African solutions on climate

Africa must be an architect of its own ecological future, said the continent's Catholic bishops as they took part in the Second Africa Climate Summit, which ended Wednesday (Sept. 10) in the Ethiopian ...
The Africa Report

Africa is part of the solution to climate change, not just a victim

Convened by President William Ruto of Kenya in conjunction with the African Union, the summit will address the urgency of marshalling resources to respond to the climate crisis, amid signs that we are ...
TechCrunch

African climate startups set to gain ground as VC funding shifts their way

Venture capital activity around climate tech has been heating up in Africa despite the global VC funding cooldown. The continent’s climate tech startups secured over $860 million in equity funding, ...
National Catholic Reporter

At African climate summit, faith leaders join demands for climate justice

At the close of an inaugural summit on climate change hosted this week by the African Union and the government of Kenya, activists who had demanded more than carbon credits and other glossy solutions ...
The New York Times

At Africa’s First Climate Summit, a Clear Call to the World: Invest in Us

The inaugural summit in Kenya’s capital, attended by tens of thousands, was imbued with frustration at Western financial institutions. By Max Bearak Reporting from the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi ...