Mid-sized cities in Kenya and Mozambique face closing window to cut carbon, OECD warns

India, Jan. 8 -- An OECD report says intermediary cities in Kenya and Mozambique have a narrow window to build low-carbon, resilient urban systems The study highlights land use and transport planning... Read More

Obesity prevalence among adults varies widely across African countries: Study

India, Dec. 31 -- A new cross-sectional descriptive study published in the journal PLOS One on December 22, 2025, has revealed significant obesity variation in Africa. South Africa had the highest pr... Read More

Bread of the Tropics: Fungal contamination of cassava very high across Africa, finds study

India, Dec. 31 -- The overall level of contamination of cassava by various types of fungus is very high across Africa, ranging from 85 per cent to 95 per cent, with an average contamination rate of ab... Read More

Sub-Saharan Africa lost 24% of its biodiversity since pre-industrial times, says study

India, Dec. 9 -- Sub-Saharan Africa, the part of Africa south of the Sahara, has lost 24 per cent of its biodiversity since pre-industrial times, according to a new study. Biodiversity is an integral... Read More

Plastic pollution will more than double over 15 years, warns Pew Report

India, Dec. 9 -- As of 2025, 130 Metric ton (Mt) of plastic pollutes the environment - land, air and water - each year. Without ambitious global action, that figure will rise to 280 Mt by 2040, equiva... Read More

Overfishing in Mediterranean and Black seas hits decade-low but overall sustainability remains concern: Report

India, Dec. 7 -- Overfishing in the Mediterranean and Black seas has dropped to its lowest level in a decade, with several key stocks showing clear signs of recovery, a new report has shown. A stock ... Read More

Africa's extreme weather deaths triple as climate adaptation funding lags: Lancet Countdown

India, Nov. 30 -- A Lancet Countdown Africa report reveals climate change is driving a surge in extreme weather deaths across the continent, tripling fatalities to 15,000 in 2023. Despite minimal emi... Read More

G20 countries failed to present new 2035 targets by middle of COP30: Greenpeace

India, Nov. 21 -- A report launched by Greenpeace International has revealed insufficient climate ambition in the 2035 nationally determined contributions (NDCs) submitted by G20 countries. The repor... Read More

In Tanzania, human land use caused 76% of Kilimanjaro natural plant species loss, finds study

India, Nov. 18 -- A new study reveals that land-use change caused by rapid population growth, not climate change, was the primary direct cause of the loss of 76 per cent of natural plant species on th... Read More

Lower water levels in East Africa's Lake Turkana led to more earthquakes: Study

India, Nov. 14 -- Falling water levels in one of Africa's largest lakes, driven by changes in climate, led to a rise in earthquakes, according to a new study led by researchers from Syracuse Universit... Read More

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