How Climate Change Fans Armed Conflicts in Africa — Report

By Nnaemeka Meribe
If nothing is done soon to combat climate change, the number of armed conflicts raging in Africa is likely to increase, and this may swell the number of deaths from war, according to a new report.
Climate change, according to Wikipaedia, is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time [...]

Ghana to Pursue Renewables, Solar Power for Kenya Schools

Below is a roundup of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period: 31 December 2009–13 January 2010, as compiled by the Science and Development Network (Scidev).
Tanzanian text message project monitors antimalarial stocks
A mobile phone initiative has been launched to increase the availability of antimalarials in remote areas of Tanzania. SMS for Life — [...]

Nobel Laureate to Keynote at Africa’s Premier Green Business Summit

Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) will keynote at the inaugural Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010 (GBASE02010), an event that will bring to the mainstream issues around sustainability in the business environment as well as green corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Africa.
“Dr Pachauri [...]

Climate Change Escalates Poverty in Developing Nations

Urban workers could suffer most from climate change as the cost of food drives them into poverty, according to a new study that quantifies the effects of climate on the world’s poor populations.
A team led by Purdue University researchers examined the potential economic influence of adverse climate events, such as heat waves, drought and heavy [...]

Climate Change Brews Up Trouble for Coffee Growers

By Peter Baker*

How will climate change affect coffee production, and what should we do about it?
Coffee is the world’s most valuable tropical agricultural export — produced by about 20 million smallholder families — so these are important questions.
The weather outlook for coffee growers over the next millennium is poor: it will be hotter everywhere, [...]