Reclaiming Balance: Empowering Youth Through Sustainable Mining Practices

As Zambia experiences a modern-day gold rush, many have raised concerns about how the nation’s natural wealth is being managed - and whether ordinary citizens are truly benefiting.

When Solar Water Systems Become Profit Centers: A Kenya Village Revolution

How merchant-level economics is transforming an $800,000 expense into sustainable revenue and permanent capacity for Kenyan communities.

The Gendered Lens On Climate Crisis

“The climate crisis is not gender neutral, UN Women.” Women, who make up nearly half the world's population, bear the brunt of its devastating effects - particularly those dependent on agriculture and manual labor. As climate change turns more calamitous, women and girls are likely to be affected the most.

The Third Pole Meltdown – Climate Shifts in Northern Pakistan & India

The towering Himalayas, Karakoram, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges form the lifeline for millions of people across northern India and Pakistan. These regions host thousands of glaciers - sometimes called the “Third Pole” - because they store more ice than anywhere outside the Arctic and Antarctic. These glaciers feed the Indus, Ganges, Chenab, and Jhelum rivers, sustaining agriculture, hydropower, and drinking water supplies.

Land Tenure, Inequality, and Climate Vulnerability: How Insecure Land Rights Heighten Farmers' Vulnerability to Climate-Related Shocks in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Land Tenure, Inequality, and Climate Vulnerability: How Insecure Land Rights Heighten Farmers' Vulnerability to Climate-Related Shocks in Post-Apartheid South Africa.

Nigeria’s Green Energy and Green Economy: Resilience Through Innovation

Accordingly, Green Energy is any form of energy from solar, geophysical or biological sources that is generated by natural processes at a rate that equals or exceeds its rate of use (Al-Juboor, 2015). It thrives on technologies that have minimal environmental impacts, such as less intrusive hydro’s and certain biomass combustion (Ministry of Power, 2015).

The Looming Crisis: Climate Change and it’s Multifaceted Impact on Global Agriculture

Climate change, no longer a distant threat, is actively reshaping the world around us, and few sectors are as vulnerable to its effects as global agriculture. The intricate dance between climate, soil, water, and biological processes that sustains our food production is being disrupted by rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and an increase in extreme weather events.

Imagining a World After Fossil Fuels

Since the industrial revolution began, fossil fuels have dominated our world systems. Oil, coal, and gas have shaped economies, geopolitics, infrastructure and of course, the climate. These fuels exacerbate global warming by contributing greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, resulting in climate fluctuations and often leading to disasters where marginalized communities (the majority in the Global South) face the brunt of it. 

Water-Stressed and World-Weary: What the Global Crisis Means for Us All

Water is one of the most fundamental human rights. Yet, across the world, billions remain out of reach of access to clean and sufficient water. The documentary “Rivers at Risk—Water Crisis on Four Continents” uncovers the complex and devastating consequences of human activity on some of the world’s most vital water sources. But beyond environmental degradation lies something even more pressing—environmental injustice.

Eaten by the Sea: Alaska’s Race Against Ice, Erosion, and Time

When it comes to global climate crises, Alaska inhabits a unique position on the frontlines. It is warming faster than any other US state (and faster than most regions in the world) to the tune of about three degrees per century since 1950.

Brewed in the Heat: How Climate Change Is Threatening South Africa’s Rooibos Industry

Rooibos is more than tea. It is a legacy. It is a livelihood. In the Cederberg Mountains of semi-arid Western Cape, it's also a battleground for the climate. As the world heats up, this distinctively South African commodity grown only in the Cederberg area grows increasingly difficult to cultivate.

What if Sci-Fi Was Right? Climate Reality in South African Cities

Imagine a climate change reality based on Murphy’s general law that anything that could go wrong will go wrong, and climate crises spiraled even further. What if dystopian science fiction is not just fiction, but a glimpse into a possible future? Picture a South Africa where Cape Town’s “Day-Zero” drought never ended, spreading across the country and turning water scarcity into the norm.