Empowering students with climate knowledge can better prepare communities for the effects of climate change.

Crises and conflicts are blocking science collaboration and SDGs progress, says US scientist William Colgazier.

New tools are urgently needed to fight malaria following disruptions to eradication efforts, say health leaders.

To be able to vaccinate and monitor children in territories at war, polio services must demonstrate diplomacy, persuasion and creativity.

It is crucial for everyone around the globe to be able to equally access HIV/AIDS treatment

African astronomy is in a “golden age”

R&D gaps must be plugged if UN goals on women’s sexual and reproductive health rights are to be met, say analysts.

The consequences of oral diseases when left untreated are dire.

New grant scheme aims to encourage local climate adaptation ideas.

A voracious snail is blighting rice farms in Central Kenya and its spread could be imminent, writes Gilbert Nakweya.

African governments must partner with research institutions to build capacity for the development of therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics.

Winner of popular Middle-Eastern TV science contest eyes cleaner seas with nanotechnology device.

Activists welcome an historic climate compensation deal but decisions on details deferred.

Health associations in Nigeria say there is a dire need to regulate the herbal medicine industry, and standardise products.

Loss of schooling, displacement and abuse plague African children as a result of climate change, writes Afeez Bolaji.

Female farmers, hard hit by climate crisis, are underrepresented at talks in Egypt, writes Rahma Diaa.

The cost of living crisis in countries in sub-Saharan Africa is heightened by free fall of the currencies in those countries.

Brazil’s new president has a mountain to climb after years of budget cuts, analysts warn.

Loss and damage will be on the climate change agenda for the first time, experts told a SciDev.Net conference.

Replace tendency to delay critical climate decisions with long-term vision and immediate action.

“No credible pathway” in place to reach 1.5 degrees, world leaders told ahead of COP27.

The Nigeran government must invest in flood mitigation strategies

Science, policy and community collaborations drive climate change adaptation tools.

Region is world’s second fastest warming.