Climate change will hit Africa hard, but it also offers the continent an opportunity to build resilience and diversify livelihoods. The changes ahead for Africa's environment, which form the foundation of the...
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
All-out war over land and water
The African Union is mobilising resources to help members implement the Paris Agreement, but funding challenges abound. Land erosion, drought and desertification, flooding, the Sahara Desert expanding southward at a...
Charcoal: vast, vital and often criminalised
If forests are properly managed and harvested, charcoal could be a renewable energy source that does not destroy the environment. Charcoal is one of the most important commodities in sub-Saharan Africa. In southern and...
