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"How paying people to protect a rainforest is rewriting colonial history on a tiny African island"
#Africa #Rainforest #Environment

How paying people to protect a rainforest is rewriting colonial history on a tiny African island | The Optimist Daily
On the island of Príncipe, nearly 3,000 villagers earn quarterly dividends for protecting one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems.

"‘The world is transitioning away from fossil fuels’: Gulf oil investors turn to African renewables"
#Africa #FossilFuels #Energy

Fossil fuel shocks strengthen Gulf investment in African renewables
Gulf oil money is flowing into African renewables – and the Iran war is only accelerating the trend.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Africa:
🎵 Widow
#Africa
https://mrmamadou.bandcamp.com/track/in-bed-with-the-black-widow
https://open.spotify.com/track/3FU6S7z8BpT8tShxGYDf0y

'Dr. Aaron Thierry‪ @thierryaaron.bsky.social: "This is not just a slight warming; it is a fundamental change in how people will have to survive on the continent.
Once regions in Africa enter a state of almost continuous heatwaves, the human body will have no window of time to recover." '

Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa
#Africa #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency

⚠️ Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds
#africa

Deforestation has turned Africa's forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new study finds
New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source.

2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds #Africa

2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds
Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused by human activity, natural climate cycles, and warming ocean waters. Between 2009 and 2024, the continent experienced a 73% increase in sea-level rise, according to a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment.

"I'm fairly certain that anyone who plays the game will come away with a new perspective," Ncube says.
"Whether it's about an unknown history, injustices that people are still waiting to be addressed or even the fact that people in #Africa can make games that are at a global standard."

South Africa's Kruger park suffers 'devastating' damage from floods #Africa

South Africa's Kruger park suffers 'devastating' damage from floods
South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park suffered major damage to critical infrastructure in recent flooding, with the cost of repairs estimated to run over 30 million dollars, officials said Thursday.

"Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050"
#Africa #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050 - Carbon Brief
Climate change could lead to half a million more deaths from malaria in Africa over the next 25 years, according to new research.

South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region #Africa

South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region
South Africa on Sunday declared a national disaster after widespread flooding that destroyed homes and killed dozens, while thousands sought shelter in neighboring Mozambique.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Africa Express:
🎵 Soledad (feat. Damon Albarn, Luisa Almaguer, Nick Zinner, Joan As Police Woman, Seye & Mexican Institute of Sound)
#AfricaExpress

BTW, there's a sale on this audiobook right now:
#AfricanHistory

"Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands"
#Africa #Wetlands #Environment

Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands
As climate change and urbanization intensify flooding in Rwanda, the hilly capital of Kigali has embraced nature-based solutions. The city is restoring and reshaping 18,000 acres of degraded wetlands, planting native species to filter and slow runoff and enhancing biodiversity.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Africa Space Programme:
🎵 Games (comp Steve Coleman) (Live at Premises)
#AfricaSpaceProgramme

"A High-Stakes Lawsuit Against a French Oil Giant Is Closely Watched in Africa"
#Africa #FossilFuels
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A High-Stakes Lawsuit Against a French Oil Giant Is Closely Watched in Africa

African climate science policy has a serious blind spot: The slowing Atlantic circulation #Africa

African climate science policy has a serious blind spot: The slowing Atlantic circulation
The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularized the devastating effects of sudden climate change on Earth. The plot dramatizes the consequences of a shut-down in an ocean current, and features the Northern Hemisphere plunging, within a few weeks, into an ice age.

Unidentified oil washes up on South African beaches https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/unidentified-oil-washes-up-on-south-african-beaches/

Unidentified oil washes up on South African beaches
Unidentified oil is washing up on South African beaches, closing shores and raising fears for wildlife as officials investigate the source of dense tar balls and oil barrels.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Africa Space Programme:
🎵 Slow & Steady (comp Myron Walden) (Live at Premises)
#AfricaSpaceProgramme

"Women scatter seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’"
#Africa #Guinea #Environment

Women scatter seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’
For Mariame Condé, the seed-collecting work came at a critical time. In January 2022, she was pregnant and nearly out of food. Her husband had left their village to search for gold in Sigiri, a mining area, and their harvest was almost gone, she told Mongabay in a WhatsApp message. That year, Condé collected 20,000 […]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Africa Space Programme:
🎵 Y Todavia La Quiero (comp Joe Henderson) (Live at Premises)
#AfricaSpaceProgramme

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70:
🎵 Expensive Shit
#FelaRansomeKuti #Africa70
https://open.spotify.com/track/6boJvKAsU6pKKxkX9cDVrL

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Africa Express feat. Django Django:
🎵 Raise a Glass
#NowPlaying #AfricaExpress #DjangoDjango
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

"Africa’s installed PV capacity estimated above 63 GW"
#Africa #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Africa’s installed PV capacity estimated above 63 GW
The Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) has now identified 23.4 GW of operational solar projects across the continent but when taking into account Chinese PV export data, estimates total installed capacity in Africa could reach over 63 GW.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Africa Express feat. Django Django:
🎵 Raise a Glass
#NowPlaying #AfricaExpress #DjangoDjango
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv