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By Tom Randa In the vibrant township of Alexandra in South Africa, a remarkable transformation is underway. The Alexandra Water Warriors (AWW), a grassroots organization, are pioneering locally led climate adaptation through water management. This community’s efforts in urban flood management and ecosystem restoration are not just local triumphs; they are blueprints for broader climate resilience that align with Africa's core adaptation priorities. Emergence of the Alexandra

By Amy Giliam Thorp The Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) has often been described as the North Star for adaptation – a light guiding global efforts and ambition. But for Africa and other Global South developing countries, it’s not the North Star that offers us direction. It’s the Southern Cross. Like the Southern Cross, the GGA and its 11 targets (7 thematic and 4 related to the adaptation policy cycle) under the UAE-Belem Work Programme and established through the UAE Framewo

Dr Richard Muyungi, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), speaking at the 20th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20) The 20th ordinary session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20) has convened under the theme, ‘Four Decades of Environmental Action in Africa: Reflecting on the Past and Imagining the Future’. The session aims to strengthen collaboration among institutions and enhance the im

By Fredrick Otieno It’s a warm and glorious midmorning when our delegation arrives at the luxuriant farm in Newlands on the outskirts of Johannesburg. When she comes to meet us, Mama Judy’s fingers are already soaked in black earth. While it’s only 10 AM, activities at the farm are in high gear. We are members of the Pan African Coalition for Adaptation and Resilience (PACAR), visiting the farm to see adaptation in action. Without much ado, Mama Judy takes us on a tour of th

BY SAADA MOHAMED Three weeks to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the summit president, Amb André Corrêa do Lago, equated global climate adaptation to the first half of survival and a critical component of human evolution. In his eighth letter, Amb do Lago noted that adaptation can no longer be deemed secondary to mitigation nor an alternative to development. This tone was welcomed by climate-vulnerable countries, who hoped that the presidency’s progressive outlook would translate to

At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, adaptation is finally centrestage. This conference marks a political crossroads for climate-vulnerable nations, especially across Africa. Two milestones are on the line: the finalisation of indicators to track progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), and the long-overdue delivery of the Glasgow commitment to double adaptation finance by 2025. For the Global South, this is a survival mechanism, a kind of Southern Cross guiding those most

Baku, Azerbaijan… With the ongoing COP29 climate talks reaching an impasse, Mohamed Adow, the director of climate and energy think tank Power Shift Africa, has shared his thoughts on the current state of the summit and what Parties must do to resolve the deadlock. Statement We are at a breaking point in the talks and this needs to be resolved over the next 48 hours. The necessity for developing countries is a climate finance goal that responds effectively to their evolving ne