Africa

Africa’s economies are contending with a diverse set of challenges and opportunities in relation to building low-carbon, green economies and the transition to net zero emissions.

This report presents a country classification of all 54 African economies' risks and opportunities from climate change and the net zero transition. This aims to support central banks to tailor their policy responses to the unique contexts in which they operate. Read more

This article provides an overview of some of the key functions of climate change framework laws before taking a closer look at laws from the Commonwealth countries of Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria. The article references data from the Climate Change Laws of the World database. Read more

Nature-based solutions involve working with nature to address societal challenges while promoting human wellbeing and biodiversity. As nature-based solutions become... Read more

This working paper considers how the geographical expansion of Ethiopia's social protection programme can address climate related risks in an adaptive way. Read more

In this article for 'African Business' Martin Brown Munene argues that Investments based on nature based solutions have the potential to transform Africa, considering its vast natural resources and young population. Read more

This news article reports on China’s overseas renewable energy investments. The article includes quotes from Lei Bian who stresses the... Read more

This news article considers the role of South Africa and China in discussions at the COP27 UN climate summit on... Read more

Research shows that women entrepreneurs in Africa are more vulnerable to climate change than their male counterparts for at least three key reasons. Kate Gannon sets out the findings and solutions in this commentary. Read more

The authors of this paper investigate the extent to which current changes in food insecurity can be plausibly attributed to climate change. They combine food insecurity data for 83 countries from the FAO food insecurity experience scale (FIES) with reanalysed climate data from ERA5-Land, and use a panel data regression with time-varying coefficients. Read more