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Better livestock and fire management across Africa’s savannas, grasslands and shrublands could unlock one of the continent’s most significant climate opportunities

Africa’s rangelands emerge as biggest climate opportunity in new nature roadmap

A new Africa nature transition roadmap shows improved grazing, fire management and farming could unlock major carbon reductions while strengthening food security and livelihoods

Spekboom, a hardy, unassuming succulent shrub, has become one of the country’s most quietly powerful climate allies.  (Imperative)

Spekboom restoration at centre of $120m World Bank climate bond

The World Bank has priced a $120m spekboom restoration bond in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, linking investor returns to ecosystem recovery

Ecologically stressed: The
Jukskei River has been choked by
pollution, encroaching informal
settlements in flood-prone zones
and ageing water infrastructure.
Photo: Supplied

Investing in urban nature pays off

The Jukskei River catchment project highlights how green infrastructure can cut flood damage, manage invasive species and improve urban health

With COP30 closing this week, one truth has come sharply into focus: climate extremes are natural, but disasters are not. (Flickr)

COP30 launches global forest finance facility amid indigenous rights concerns

Indigenous groups and NGOs caution that the facility risks becoming another top-down market mechanism that benefits investors more than the forests themselves

The Congo Basin faces growing pressures from logging, mining, oil and gas development, agriculture, infrastructure and urban expansion, compounded by climate change and governance challenges.

Congo Basin under-researched and ‘chronically underinvested’, new report says

Deforestation, weak governance and extractive pressures also threaten this vital ecosystem, scientists said in the landmark COP30 report

S20 warns that climate change is endangering human health, food systems and ecosystems worldwide

Urgent call from global scientists: climate change threatens health and food security

Science20 (S20) warns that climate change is endangering human health, food systems and ecosystems worldwide

The National Arctic Scientific Research Expedition team, organised for the fourth time this year in the Arctic Ocean, identified the decreasing sea ice due to global climate change through sampling, evaluation, observation, and unmanned aerial vehicles. In the studies, conducted using remote sensing methods, an analysis of the average sea ice distribution for June 2023 and 2024 revealed a significant decrease in sea ice. (Photo by Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Climate change solutions not always good for biodiversity

‘Sticking plaster fixes’ such as geoengineering could have unwanted side effects