by Barbara Calvi and Indekhwa Anangwe As another powerful El Niño event unfolds, millions of people are bracing for its consequences. Drought, floods, crop failures and disruptions to trade and food systems are expected to affect communities across the globe, with particularly significant impacts in Africa. In countries such as Sudan and Chad, El Niño-related...

by Dorothy Maseke As the global biodiversity community gathered at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), one message came through clearly: the challenge is no longer simply making the case that nature matters to economies and financial systems. The more difficult question is how we turn...