COVID-19 has changed the world we are living in today, but we must not forget other pressing issues facing our planet. Though economies have slowed, the heating of our planet has not. Climate change is two small words representing a radical transformation of our planet, billions of data points, millions of climate scientists and campaigners, […]

My name is Abdulmajid Abubakar and I was opportune to study Natural Resource Management and Climate Change at the Center for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University Kano at the master's level in 2017.  As a youth from the global south, I understood the realities of life. And how we exploit the available scarce natural resources […]

Pickering Jeffery Fiji shares a lived and recent experience of loss and damage in Fiji

Lawaka Viasi a resident of Fiji shares on the loss and damage in Fiji as a result of extreme weather events

Tiim Paul Edward's pieces highlights the threat of tradition and cultural losses as a result of climate change in Fiji

Our world suffers daily from different situations and circumstances that have come about due to human actions. One of which is this global phenomenon we know as climate change. This is a story about how my land is being affected by climate change. I come from Rewa, the smallest province in the Fiji Islands. Rewa […]

The agricultural sector is particularly affected by climate change. It is important to find solutions to climate-related challenges. The challenges are many: desertification, land degradation, drought, floods, and water scarcity. All countries in the world are practically exposed to these climate hazards. Togo is no exception.  The situation in the south of Togo in Lomé […]

When the warm, moist air over the ocean rises, it creates a lower air pressure below, which forces the surrounding air to follow. Eventually, this cycle takes the form of 'A Tropical Storm'. When this storm reaches a windspeed of more than 100km/h, it officially becomes a hurricane or cyclone. Cyclones are of different types […]

Juliet had never heard her mother curse before. Such obscenities were usually restricted around her 8-year-old ears.  “Shit man, Andrea! What you mean the line is out the door?” Juliet’s teenage sister Andrea had embarked on the journey to the supermarket earlier that morning to stock up on canned and dry foods and bottled water […]