The Congo peatlands hold the equivalent of three years’ worth of global emissions from fossil fuels Yet this week DRC will auction 27 oil-exploration blocks that encompass 1m hectares of peatlands and perhaps 11m hectares of rainforest My latest (1/6) economist.com/middle-east-an…

It may already be too late to avert calamity in Somalia, beset as it is by insurgency and drought. But the longer the world waits to help, the greater the suffering econ.st/3bd1Dcd

'There are many hands on the axe' - the link between poverty, environmental destruction & hunger in Madagascar, w/ incredible photos from Charlie Bibby ft.com/content/8fa359…

Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/maggo…

Shocking details of palm oil land leasing deals for communities vs companies. Well worth a read.

Drought, conflict & looming famine in Somalia - our TV piece from last night's BBC News at Ten & running today on @bbcworld - @andrewwjharding reports w/ Christian Parkinson on camera #somalia #drought

Climate change and resource competition are colliding again in a deadly combination on #Kenya’s Laikipia plateau. Ahead of the #COP27, Nazanine Moshiri urges world leaders to bring climate security into the climate change conversation.

Countries reeling from the impacts of both conflict & climate change struggle to cope with the consequences of this deadly combination. Yet conflict-affected states are neglected by global climate funding efforts. #COP27 can change this. 👇🧵 crisisgroup.org/content/fair-s…

Une photo que j’ai faite aujourd’hui, une photo qui résume la situation actuelle des congolais de l’Est, une mauvaise photo, elle n’est pas belle mais elle fait pleurer, j’espère que ça changera les opinions des nos autorités. Moses Sawasawa

Are you a local organization growing trees in #Burundi, the #DRC & #Rwanda’s Lake Kivu & Rusizi River Basin? TerraFund for #AFR100 is now accepting funding applications. Apply by May 5: africa.terramatch.org. #Generationrestoration AUDA-NEPAD

Uganda 🇺🇬 doing its thing ❤️

Incredible story from Sudan nytimes.com/2023/05/05/wor…...

The mystery of the Holocaust survivor and the Dukes cricket ball theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun…

In a rather crappy week, please enjoy this absolutely delightful moment on BBC Look North

Four years to the day since the greatest game that ever was

The politics of climate change is about to get truly ugly. If only we had leadership (and even better journalism). My column. prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/columns/…

I’ll just leave this here…. derby day tomorrow 🙏🏼 Norwich City FC #NCFC

South Sudan has one of Earth’s largest intact ecosystems. “It is the only place that has these numbers of wildlife,” says David Simpson of African Parks: “We have a huge, huge responsibility. It’s crucial...to save this place” econ.st/3Nyubgc 👇

The humanitarian system is financially broke. With aid agencies increasingly stepping in to provide govt services due to climate change, soaring conflict and bad governance, experts are asking if it is also fundamentally broken. My report from Chad. theguardian.com/global-develop…