Deaths due to heat in Middle East & North Africa likely to rise 60 times by end of century

Over 80% deaths can be prevented by limiting global warming to 2°C

Urgent need to increase flow & develop new sources of adaptation finance in Africa: Report

For adapting to climate risks, the continent needs $52.7 billion annually through 2030   

North, sub-Saharan Africa opposites in groundwater storage, recharge: Survey

North Africa has high groundwater storage, low water recharge; sub-Saharan Africa has the opposite, a new survey has revealed

North African countries doing the most work on SDGs on the continent: report

Tunisia has been ranked the first in a continent-wide index as far as progress on SDGs is concerned

COVID-19 has cost sub-Saharan Africa 13.5 million jobs in working hour losses: ILO

Nearly 5 million workers and their families in sub-Saharan Africa have been pushed into extreme poverty due to COVID-19, ILO says

More toxic sludge than fresh water produced from desalination

That is the conclusion reached by the first global assessment of the desalination sector’s industrial waste

Double burden of indoor and outdoor air pollution in developing world: Report

A quarter of global deaths due to particulate air pollution occur in India. Globally air pollution is the 4th largest killer

Data obscurity keeps West Asia, North Africa from reaching growth potential: World Bank

Growth forecasts in the region more often inaccurate, overly optimistic than other places

India world’s 13th most water-stressed country: WRI

The World Resources Institute also notes that 12 of the world's most water-stressed countries are in the Middle East and North Africa

Protected areas can help water birds adapt to climate change: Study

The shift in range of wintering water birds across protected areas in Europe and North Africa was 40 per cent faster than others

Human-induced climate change could increase ‘Medicanes’, say experts

Extra tropical storm ‘Ianos’ slammed into Greece recently, killing three people

‘Barbary lion reintroduction in north Africa is possible but needs long-term plans’

Down To Earth speaks to Simon Black, who teaches conservation science at the University of Kent in the UK about the now extinct-in-the-wild …

Nitrogen dioxide pollution reduces across north equatorial Africa in dry season: Study

The researchers found that the area's socioeconomic development aided the dip in NO2 levels

Just 4 doses of pain relievers available daily per million people in west, central Africa: UN

This means that people with severe pain, especially the terminally ill are most-affected in these regions

Solar energy from North Africa could light up UK homes by 2018

Electricity to be transported from Sahara desert to Europe via undersea cable

Agriculture hit hard by fighting in Gaza

Uncertainty looms as local production falls and food prices rise

Is India headed towards a locust plague

Exceptional summer breeding may prompt swarms to remain in the country through end of year, move east & south

One Sun One World One Grid: A journey of ironies?

Experts worry the OSOWOG will divert the capital and focus away from domestic commitments and priorities for renewable energy