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Indigenous participants at the Free Land Camp on April 10, where they discuss rights, territorial protection, and their role in COP30. Image by AP Photo/Eraldo Peres.

What was achieved for Indigenous peoples at COP30?

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 27 Nov 2025
A juvenile bonobo (Pan paniscus) gazes at an uncertain future.

DRC hit by record deforestation in 2024, satellite data show

Ruth Kamnitzer 26 Nov 2025
Solar panels in an arid part of Sudan.

Negotiating Africa’s Energy Future

26 Nov 2025
A woman lights her stove to prepare lunch, in the village of Zorro, Burkina Faso.

Fossil fuel failure eclipses Africa’s wins at COP30

David Akana 26 Nov 2025
People displaced by fighting in Cabo Delgado province, where Palma is located. Image courtesy of Mauricio Bisol/UNICEF.

TotalEnergies faces criminal complaint in France over alleged massacre in Mozambique

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Nov 2025
Pastoralists in Lesotho.

Lesotho communities allege greenwashing by project transferring water to South Africa

Malavika Vyawahare 21 Nov 2025
An engineer observes the operation of solar panels in Cotonou, Benin.

Experts say wealthy nations owe Africa double its climate adaptation needs

Victoria Schneider 21 Nov 2025
Farmers at Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image by Axel Fassio/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Fighting for food sovereignty at COP30: Interview with GRAIN’s Ange-David Baïmey

Yannick Kenné 20 Nov 2025
Solar panels in an arid part of Sudan.

‘The perfect ingredients’: WRI Africa deputy director shares vision for the continent’s energy transition

John Cannon 19 Nov 2025

Mongabay journalist Malavika Vyawahare honored with SEAL Award

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Nov 2025
Youth activist Oliver Nyirenda in Kabwe. Image courtesy of Radio Workshop.

As Zambia eyes green minerals, Kabwe’s poisoned past looms large

Chisapi Kumbutso 19 Nov 2025
Baobab Alley in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Pioneering primatologist in Madagascar shares decades of conservation wisdom

Mike DiGirolamo 18 Nov 2025
Banner image: Adult male peregrine (F. p. brookei) in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. Peregrine falcons almost disappeared across North America and Europe in the early 1900s because of DDT and other pesticides.

Scientists slam Canada-US proposal to lower trade protections for peregrine falcons

Spoorthy Raman 18 Nov 2025
A coral grouper in a Mozambique coral reef.

Construction of TotalEnergies pipeline cuts through coral reefs in Mozambique

Victoria Schneider 18 Nov 2025
A hill in the main Karoo Basin, near the area where exploration would take place. Image by flowcomm via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

South Africa to lift fracking moratorium in Karoo Basin, despite concerns

Victoria Schneider 17 Nov 2025

Global Energy Outlook sees promise in Africa’s power transition — funds permitting

David Akana 13 Nov 2025
Construction site of the TotalEnergies-operated Afungi LNG plant. Image courtesy of Justiça Ambiental.

TotalEnergies moves to restart Mozambique LNG project despite security, eco concerns

Victoria Schneider 13 Nov 2025

‘Africa can become a green leader’: Interview with Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa

Elodie Toto 12 Nov 2025

Radioactive rhinos (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 11 Nov 2025
Thomas J.K.L. Koroma II, paramount chief of Sitta Chiefdom, signs the revenue-sharing carbon agreement. Image courtesy of Namati.

Sierra Leone communities sign carbon agreement based on carbon justice principles

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Nov 2025

Coal-dependent South Africa struggles to make just energy transition real

Anna Weekes 11 Nov 2025
Algal bloom in the Baltic Sea on July 20, 2019.

‘Not good’: Ocean losing its greenness, threatening food webs

Edward Carver 10 Nov 2025
Technicians in Zimbabwe inspect solar panels. Image © UNDP Zimbabwe.

What does the just energy transition mean for Africa?

John Cannon 10 Nov 2025
Morocco’s Noor-Ouarzazate Solar power complex. Image by Michael Taylor/IRENA via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

African summit seeks clean energy future to combat climate change impacts

Christophe Assogba, Modeste Dossou 10 Nov 2025

The uncertain future of DRC’s traditional medicine, a heritage to save (commentary)

Blaise Kasereka Makuta 6 Nov 2025
Samburu women part of the Mama Simba programme. Image by Anthony Ochieng/Ewaso Lions.

Women can help rebuild our relationship with lions: Voices from the land (commentary)

Mama Simba, Victoria Wanjohi 6 Nov 2025
Mount Mulanje in southeastern Malawi. Known as the “Island in the Sky,” Mount Mulanje, with 13 peaks and high-altitude basins, is rich in biodiversity with over 70 endemic species and provides surrounding communities with freshwater, natural forest products and essential protection from storms. Image by David Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

‘A big no’: Opposition grows to proposed mine in Malawi’s newest UNESCO site

Ruth Kamnitzer 4 Nov 2025

New arrangements should preserve Nairobi’s much-loved Karura Forest

Dann Okoth 4 Nov 2025
Logging truck leaves the forest in Ghana. Image courtesy of Fern.

As Ghana ships first ‘gold standard’ timber to EU, questions about FLEGT’s future remain (commentary)

Fred Pearce 3 Nov 2025
A shepherd watches livestock near Khi Solar One, a solar thermal plant that converts the sun's light energy into electricity, outside Upington, South Africa. Solar offers vast untapped potential in Africa. Image by AP Photo/Themba Hadebe.

At COP30, Africa can lead the way to a sustainable future — but will it? (commentary)

Samuel Ogunsona 3 Nov 2025
A pangolin.

Nigeria passes tough new wildlife law; enforcement doubts remain

Valentine Benjamin 31 Oct 2025
Hagar Kudzordi Widow of Samuel Abayateye, looks at photos of her deceased husband, hoping to get answers. Image by Gideon Anku

A fisheries observer disappeared at sea. His family still waits for answers

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Oct 2025

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