Awareness of Climate Change – South Africa’s Most Pressing Problems

Afrobarometer Findings Recently, Afrobarometer, a non-profit organisation researching public opinion on the African continent[1], published a paper called “Despite growing evidence, climate change is still unknown to many South Africans”.[2]…

Need to give more importance to climate justice than to net zero targets

OPINION Prof. Dr Phillipe Cullet 31 March 2022 COP26 specifically recognized the importance of the concept of climate justice in the preamble to the Glasgow Climate Pact. Yet, the main…

From Paris to Glasgow: Towards an African-Focused COP 27

ANALYSIS Kilili Nthiw’a 31 March 2022 The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place…

Plastic Waste and Waste Disposal – Current Issues of Global Environmental Change

ANALYSIS Julia Reiher 25 March 2022 Alarming pictures of burning landfills at the margins of our cities or dying marine species in large garbage swirls come to mind when thinking…

Malawi: The Influence of the Young Generation on the Plastic Ban

ANALYSIS Isabelle Zundel 18 March 2022 This contribution connects with former publications on this platform on combatting single-use plastics in Malawi facilitated through the project “Building collective ownership of single-use…

Winds of Change: Youth and Climate Activism

OPINION Dr Bright Nkrumah 11 March 2022 The State of Affairs At the turn of the millennium, a growing number of young Africans have joined global movements to agitate for…

Hands-on Deck in Climate Change Action

ANALYSIS Gift Gawanani Mauluka 04 March 2022 During the recent Conference of Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow, the High-Level Climate Champions formally reported to the parties on the progress made…

Entrenching the CRC’s ‘environmental rights’

COMMENT Prof. Dr. Thoko Kaime 30 June 2021 The CRC does not explicitly guarantee children a right to an ecologically healthy environment. However, within its environment-related children’s rights lies the…

Delivering Energy and Climate Justice in Africa: Implications for Realizing the United Nations SDGs 7 and 13

COMMENT Godswill Agbaitoro 26 March 2021 What do energy and climate justice mean and why do they matter for Africa? According to Climate just, a simple way to understand climate…

Climate Change, Migration, and the Incompliance with Human Rights

COMMENT Merlin Mitschker 19 March 2021 Climate change affects everyone and everything, including human beings. Throughout the world, we can see various developments and the forms of climate change materialization…