Gabon sets example of how to preserve the Congo Basin rainforest
31 August 2022
Gabon claims it has preserved its natural environment with satellite imagery and environment-first policies – and some industry insiders agree.
There are 6, 269 content items of different types and languages related to climate change on the Land Portal.
Five things to know for Africa Climate Week
29 August 2022
Facing deadly drought, historic floods, and extreme weather events, African politicians, civil society, and business leaders will voice calls for urgent action.
More than 260,000 on waiting list for land
26 August 2022
Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka has said at least 260,000 people are on the waiting list to be allocated farms.Masuka was speaking during a field day in Kwekwe, before putting unproductive farmers on notice.The senior government official confirmed that at least 304 whites are occupying farms in the country.
“We have taken 99% of land from former white farmers and we have 304 white farmers occupying farming land. We have now given them tenure documents and offer letters,” he said.“On the other hand nearly 300,000 black farmers are occupying both A1 and A2 farms.
Congo’s oil auction: foiling climate colonialism or filling the coffers?
23 August 2022
The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world’s second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil.
As More Land Turns to Desert, Fights Erupt Over Water
17 August 2022
There are too many animals for the available water supply in the Gobi desert region. The situation worsens each year.
Main photo: Bolortuya Bekh-Ochir, right, and Jargalsuren Tungalagzaya fill a trough with water for a herd of goats in Mongolia's Gobi desert region (URANCHIMEG TSOGKHUU, GPJ MONGOLIA)
South Africa’s framework for a just transition fails to recognise the climate emergency
16 August 2022
While the introduction to the framework acknowledges the urgency in climate science, it fails to recognise that we are living through climate extremes and their deleterious impacts. Moreover, the document does not mention upfront that we are one of 10 climate hotspots in the world, with a doubling in our average temperatures compared with the global average.
South Africa’s framework for a just transition fails to recognise the climate emergency
16 August 2022
For almost three decades the ANC government failed to address the legacies of apartheid. We certainly do not expect it to rise to the challenge of ensuring a deep and transformative just transition, informed by climate justice.
Democratic Republic of Congo to sell drilling rights to Congo Basin: What does this mean for Climate Summits?
15 August 2022
The DRC’s plans to auction off drilling rights to oil and gas companies in the Congo Basin threatens global climate targets and undermines international climate summits.
Sierra Leone passes globally unprecedented legislation related to climate and the environment
09 August 2022
Freetown, August 8, 2022 – Sierra Leone’s Parliament has passed two groundbreaking bills that transform communities’ ability to protect their land rights and the environment. The new legislation serves as a model for the rest of the world.
Passed by unanimous votes, the Customary Land Rights and National Land Commission Acts will, among other things:
Drought: We know what to do, why don’t we do it?
08 August 2022
Ignoring the plight of 20 million people in the Horn of Africa is a political choice.
The 20 million people struggling to survive a scorching drought in the Horn of Africa are victims not only of a climate crisis but of the failings of governments and humanitarians to heed the lessons from earlier disasters.
Climate change drowning West African coastline
22 July 2022
Erosion and tidal surges are threatening fishing communities in West Africa. As a result, many people are fleeing inland — losing their livelihoods. The sea has already encroached two meters into the country's interior.
Singapore will plant 1 million trees by 2030
07 July 2022
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Singapore has launched a reforestation campaign after losing huge amounts of mangrove habitats in the past century.
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It plans to plant 1 million trees within 10 years to improve living conditions for wildlife and people.
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The scheme began in March 2020 and had led to the planting of 51,819 trees by October 2021.
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One goal of the project is to have all Singaporean households approximately a 10-minute walk from a park.