Sea levels on the coasts of Côte d’Ivoire and other West African countries have risen again this year.

Africa will speak with one strong voice at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change to kick-start in Durban, South Africa in November this year.

Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta of Sesheke District in western province acknowledged the connection between ineffective environmental management and climate change.

Indigenous knowledge is crucial to climate change resilience strategies for the water sector in southern Africa.

The southern African region is underutilising its water – a resource to which its citizens already have limited access.

Maduna’s family is one of 125 homesteads displaced to make way for the Maguga Dam in the Hhohho region of Swaziland.

Some of the key adversities as a result of climate change are either floods or droughts, both of which require great effort in terms of mitigation.

The Fifth Water Dialogue is focusing on climate finance – five months ahead of the climate conference in South Africa.

As water resources in Southern Africa come under pressure, economic accounting for water is among the tools that could aid better management.

Floods are usually viewed as a threat, but a cyclical increase in the Okavango’s flooding has increased biodiversity and tourism in the area.