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Sinking feeling: The Roman ruins of Tipasa on the Algerian coast are a Unesco World Heritage Site and just one of 56 such sites under threat from climate change. (Michael Runkel/Robert Harding Premium/AFP)
ADAPTATION

Africa’s heritage sites under threat as sea levels rise

For the first time a study has identified 56 heritage sites on the continent’s coast that are exposed to a one-in-100 year coastal extreme event, flooding and erosion

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
ADAPTATION

High levels of climate warming could shrink range of wild-harvested food plants

In a recent study, the authors examined the climate change risk to 1 190 species used by 19 indigenous language groups in Southern Africa

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Infectious disease specialist Florian Steiner (L) and quarantine office leader Thomas Klotzkowski disinfect themselves during a demonstration of the proceedings at the ward of Berlin’s Charite hospital in August 2014. (Photo by Tim Brakemeier/DPA/AFP)
AFRICAN CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

How to escape the ‘era of pandemics’

Any of 850 000 viruses could cause the next global crisis. Experts say we should focus on prevention

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Neuroscientists said they had discovered how to manipulate the brain to make sweet things off-putting and bitter ones nice
ACDI

Water usage lessons from Namibia

In Namibia, the national government has piped water to many remote villages and put them in charge of distribution and payment

  • Leonie Joubert
6 min read
Brooding: The eggs of the emperor moth hatch in summer. After the fourth or fifth moult people collect the caterpillars
AFRICAN CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

Mopane worms sound climate alert

The caterpillars are a vital source of protein and income but are being overharvested

  • Leonie Joubert
7 min read
South Africa needs to revive its domestic vaccination manufacturing capability to keep foot-and-mouth disease under control. Photo: File
ACDI

A climate of change for cash cows

Understanding why farmers in Southern Africa are reluctant to cash in their investment is key to mitigating the effects of climate change

  • Leonie Joubert
6 min read