Africa: COP31's focus on delivery will fail Africa if climate finance and technology continue to be designed externally
Farmers across Africa are adapting by changing planting schedules and using hardier seeds. They are restoring degraded land and mixing traditional knowledge with science. Communities are mapping flood risks and protecting wetlands while building local energy systems. Entrepreneurs are creating solutions for food insecurity, environmental degradation, and unreliable electricity.
[Bird Story Agency] Across Africa, farmers are changing planting calendars, selecting hardier seeds, restoring degraded land and combining inherited knowledge with new science. Communities are mapping flood risks, protecting wetlands and building local energy systems. Entrepreneurs are developing responses to unreliable electricity, food insecurity and environmental degradation.