Environment & Climate Change
HumAngle’s Climate Desk researches, evaluates information about climate change, its characteristics, causes and impacts, and ways to mitigate it.
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Climate-linked Drought Exacerbates Somalia’s Food And Displacement Crisis
Climate-related drought is fuelling the food security emergencies in Somalia, as communities face difficulties meeting their daily food requirements amid …
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As The Desert Stretches, So Does Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Crisis
A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. An intravenous line sticks…
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New Wave Of Climate-Related Health Emergencies Hits Africa – WHO
Climate change threatens Africa, as the continent is witnessing an increase in climate-linked health emergencies, a new analysis by the…
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Great Green Wall: A Glance At Nigeria’s Line Of Defence Against The Sahara
Nigeria’s struggle to improve rural livelihood and living conditions include a project to put together a green wall of trees…
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Disappearing Wetlands Making Lagos More Vulnerable To Flood—A Geospatial Analysis
The rainy season in Nigeria’s economic capital, Lagos state, has become synonymous with submerged cars, homes, and commuters wading through…
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Advocacy Group Petitions Cameroon Gov’t Over Forest Reserves
The international Non-governmental Organisation (iNGO), Greenpeace Africa, has expressed concerns over a Dec. 2021 announcement by the Cameroon gov’t offering…
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DR Congo: Mount Nyiragongo Eruption Victims Cry Out For Assistance
Some victims of the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo have cried out for assistance, as they are still battling serious…
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$138 Million Needed To Support Drought-Affected Farmers In East Africa – UN
At least $138 million urgent funding is needed to assist 1.5 million vulnerable people in rural communities in the East…
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Boko Haram Hostility Is Altering Livelihoods, Deforestation In Borno
A bag of charcoal is now sold at ₦3,800 in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, Northeast Nigeria. Before 2021,…
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What Nigeria’s Climate Change Act Means
The climate change Act signed into law recently by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari formalises the pathway for Africa’s biggest crude…
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