People often think of a heatwave as a temporary event, a brutal week of sun that eventually breaks with a cool breeze. But as the climate changes globally, in parts of Africa, that level of heat is ...

The growing impact of climate change becomes more relevant throughout the 21 st century as the global phenomenon has recently caused some of the hottest days on record. As modern society has recently ...

More than 295 million people globally experienced hunger and starvation in 2025 because of conflict, displacement, climate change and economic disasters. The bad news is that things are going to get a ...

Over the next few decades, the choices governments, companies, and communities make on emissions and adaptation will determine whether those unlivable zones swallow hundreds of millions of people or ...

Extreme rainfall and flooding across Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad this year led to thousands of deaths and millions of displacements, mirroring what occurred in the region in 2022.

Burkina Faso consistently ranks as the hottest country in Africa by average annual temperature, often exceeding 28°C year-round. Located in the Sahel region, the country experiences long, dry seasons ...

Joyce Kimutai receives funding from Imperial College London, Danida and Kenya's Government. A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world’s people ...

Africa is already being heavily affected by climate change. Between 1991 and 2023, the African continent warmed at a rate of 0.3°C per decade, a rate slightly faster than the global average. This has ...

Prices of cocoa surged by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024, and climate extremes in West Africa’s cocoa belt, which produces 70% of the world’s cocoa, are partly to blame. Cocoa — the main ...

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