A shortage of weather stations across Africa shouldn’t stop climate victims accessing critical funds, scientists say
If rainfall decreases, and temperatures rise, as the IPCC’s 5th Assessment suggests, resource competition across the Sahel is only likely to intensify
An emerging narrative points to global warming as a driver of conflict in the Sahel ̶ but this risks glossing over the real root causes
Boko Haram has boosted profile of climate change in Sahel, but little has been done to help region cope warns top UN official
NEWS: Human numbers are rising in one of the world’s driest regions, but harvest levels could suffer from climate change
NEWS: UN plea for food aid to the Sahel as scientific studies flag up climate change threat to food production
Climate change-related impacts on water and land likely to trigger rise in civil war and inter-ethnic clashes says report
Attempts to tackle climate change by altering the atmosphere could even trigger disaster in a drought-prone region of Africa, a study suggests