Power Shift Africa
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Power Shift Africa is a climate & energy think tank providing policy analysis, advocacy & communications from an African perspective.
Experts have warned that the world’s ability to feed itself is under threat from the “chaos” of extreme weather caused by climate change.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Experts have warned that the world’s ability to feed itself is under threat from the “chaos” of extreme weather caused by climate change.
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In 2025, Power Shift Africa’s voice broke through the noise and shaped climate debates in the media, from energy and finance to adaptation, food systems, and just transitions.
We’ve pulled together 15 thought pieces that made the news and helped shift the conversation.
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We’ve pulled together 15 thought pieces that made the news and helped shift the conversation.
Read more: bit.ly/45jyBAv
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In 2025, Power Shift Africa’s voice broke through the noise and shaped climate debates in the media, from energy and finance to adaptation, food systems, and just transitions.
We’ve pulled together 15 thought pieces that made the news and helped shift the conversation.
Read more: bit.ly/45jyBAv
We’ve pulled together 15 thought pieces that made the news and helped shift the conversation.
Read more: bit.ly/45jyBAv
Climate impacts are pushing Kenya beyond the limits of adaptation.
✅ Lake Baringo has expanded by 12 metres
✅ Floods displaced over 500,000 households
✅ Droughts affect 8 million Kenyans
Kenya aims to adopt the BIM to access the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage.
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✅ Lake Baringo has expanded by 12 metres
✅ Floods displaced over 500,000 households
✅ Droughts affect 8 million Kenyans
Kenya aims to adopt the BIM to access the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage.
More: bit.ly/3MJUSBd
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Climate impacts are pushing Kenya beyond the limits of adaptation.
✅ Lake Baringo has expanded by 12 metres
✅ Floods displaced over 500,000 households
✅ Droughts affect 8 million Kenyans
Kenya aims to adopt the BIM to access the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage.
More: bit.ly/3MJUSBd
✅ Lake Baringo has expanded by 12 metres
✅ Floods displaced over 500,000 households
✅ Droughts affect 8 million Kenyans
Kenya aims to adopt the BIM to access the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage.
More: bit.ly/3MJUSBd
In 2025, as carbon markets expanded and offset deals multiplied across the continent, Mohamed’s quote captured the growing resistance to false solutions dressed up as climate progress.
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Read more on Carbon Markets
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December 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In 2025, as carbon markets expanded and offset deals multiplied across the continent, Mohamed’s quote captured the growing resistance to false solutions dressed up as climate progress.
Read more on Carbon Markets
bit.ly/4e2yKeS
Read more on Carbon Markets
bit.ly/4e2yKeS
In Senegal, climate change is adding to historic tension between farmers and herders.
Declining rainfall and rising temperatures have led to the drying up of pastureland at the same time as agricultural use has expanded.
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Declining rainfall and rising temperatures have led to the drying up of pastureland at the same time as agricultural use has expanded.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
In Senegal, climate change is adding to historic tension between farmers and herders.
Declining rainfall and rising temperatures have led to the drying up of pastureland at the same time as agricultural use has expanded.
More: bit.ly/4qegeFh
Declining rainfall and rising temperatures have led to the drying up of pastureland at the same time as agricultural use has expanded.
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Energy is about political, economic and people's power.
The African Energy Leadership Report shows that renewables can break Africa’s dependence on extractive fossil fuel models and unlock energy sovereignty.
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The African Energy Leadership Report shows that renewables can break Africa’s dependence on extractive fossil fuel models and unlock energy sovereignty.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Energy is about political, economic and people's power.
The African Energy Leadership Report shows that renewables can break Africa’s dependence on extractive fossil fuel models and unlock energy sovereignty.
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The African Energy Leadership Report shows that renewables can break Africa’s dependence on extractive fossil fuel models and unlock energy sovereignty.
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In many African communities, the impacts of oil exploration and production are not gender-neutral.
The intersection of fossil fuel capitalism, patriarchal systems, and climate injustice creates a crisis that hits women hardest. It’s time to centre their voices.
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The intersection of fossil fuel capitalism, patriarchal systems, and climate injustice creates a crisis that hits women hardest. It’s time to centre their voices.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In many African communities, the impacts of oil exploration and production are not gender-neutral.
The intersection of fossil fuel capitalism, patriarchal systems, and climate injustice creates a crisis that hits women hardest. It’s time to centre their voices.
More: bit.ly/4s7eLCw
The intersection of fossil fuel capitalism, patriarchal systems, and climate injustice creates a crisis that hits women hardest. It’s time to centre their voices.
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Power Shift Africa has been a strong and vocal critic of carbon markets in Africa as they, like the fossil fuel industry, serve the interests of polluters and not communities. Evidence against these controversial projects is mounting.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Power Shift Africa has been a strong and vocal critic of carbon markets in Africa as they, like the fossil fuel industry, serve the interests of polluters and not communities. Evidence against these controversial projects is mounting.
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Health impacts of climate change strain the economy by reducing the productivity of a country’s human capital.
In 2024 alone, a record 639 billion potential work hours were lost due to heat exposure, including heatwaves.
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In 2024 alone, a record 639 billion potential work hours were lost due to heat exposure, including heatwaves.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Health impacts of climate change strain the economy by reducing the productivity of a country’s human capital.
In 2024 alone, a record 639 billion potential work hours were lost due to heat exposure, including heatwaves.
More: bit.ly/3MEcxdz
In 2024 alone, a record 639 billion potential work hours were lost due to heat exposure, including heatwaves.
More: bit.ly/3MEcxdz
Funding for fossil fuel projects globally decreased by 78 percent in 2024, according to a report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
But renewable energy investments aren’t spiking.
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But renewable energy investments aren’t spiking.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Funding for fossil fuel projects globally decreased by 78 percent in 2024, according to a report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
But renewable energy investments aren’t spiking.
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But renewable energy investments aren’t spiking.
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2.6 Billion: People Globally Who Can’t Afford a Healthy Diet
This means nearly 3 out of 8 people ate a meal that wasn’t balanced. One-third of children aged between 6-23 months consume a diet that is not sufficiently diverse.
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This means nearly 3 out of 8 people ate a meal that wasn’t balanced. One-third of children aged between 6-23 months consume a diet that is not sufficiently diverse.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
2.6 Billion: People Globally Who Can’t Afford a Healthy Diet
This means nearly 3 out of 8 people ate a meal that wasn’t balanced. One-third of children aged between 6-23 months consume a diet that is not sufficiently diverse.
More: bit.ly/3YD08sR
This means nearly 3 out of 8 people ate a meal that wasn’t balanced. One-third of children aged between 6-23 months consume a diet that is not sufficiently diverse.
More: bit.ly/3YD08sR
A moment of applause for CSOs standing on business in their demand to phase out fossil fuels.
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A moment of applause for CSOs standing on business in their demand to phase out fossil fuels.
Looking Beyond Cop30
Coordinated action is needed to strengthen resilience, accelerate innovation and ensure that the benefits of energy transition are shared across nations and generations.
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Coordinated action is needed to strengthen resilience, accelerate innovation and ensure that the benefits of energy transition are shared across nations and generations.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking Beyond Cop30
Coordinated action is needed to strengthen resilience, accelerate innovation and ensure that the benefits of energy transition are shared across nations and generations.
More: bit.ly/4iZzkwx
Coordinated action is needed to strengthen resilience, accelerate innovation and ensure that the benefits of energy transition are shared across nations and generations.
More: bit.ly/4iZzkwx
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UNEA-7 closed with compromises, contested progress, and hard questions for multilateralism.
What moved forward and what was watered down?
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UNEA-7 closed with compromises, contested progress, and hard questions for multilateralism.
What moved forward and what was watered down?
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December 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Our latest newsletter is out
UNEA-7 closed with compromises, contested progress, and hard questions for multilateralism.
What moved forward and what was watered down?
Read and subscribe 👇🏽👇🏽
bit.ly/44rtIFo
UNEA-7 closed with compromises, contested progress, and hard questions for multilateralism.
What moved forward and what was watered down?
Read and subscribe 👇🏽👇🏽
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How Solar Panels Are Reshaping the Desert
A groundbreaking study in the Talatan Desert shows that solar panels change soil composition, promote vegetation, and even alter the local climate.
The results could revolutionise how we think about renewable energy.
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A groundbreaking study in the Talatan Desert shows that solar panels change soil composition, promote vegetation, and even alter the local climate.
The results could revolutionise how we think about renewable energy.
More: bit.ly/3N1zCa4
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
How Solar Panels Are Reshaping the Desert
A groundbreaking study in the Talatan Desert shows that solar panels change soil composition, promote vegetation, and even alter the local climate.
The results could revolutionise how we think about renewable energy.
More: bit.ly/3N1zCa4
A groundbreaking study in the Talatan Desert shows that solar panels change soil composition, promote vegetation, and even alter the local climate.
The results could revolutionise how we think about renewable energy.
More: bit.ly/3N1zCa4
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, a major breakthrough finally landed: the Just Transition Mechanism.
This is the first real win for workers, communities and the climate as the world accelerates its shift away from dirty fuels.
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This is the first real win for workers, communities and the climate as the world accelerates its shift away from dirty fuels.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, a major breakthrough finally landed: the Just Transition Mechanism.
This is the first real win for workers, communities and the climate as the world accelerates its shift away from dirty fuels.
More: bit.ly/4877R8q
This is the first real win for workers, communities and the climate as the world accelerates its shift away from dirty fuels.
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South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and aging infrastructure strain water supplies.
Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions.
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Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and aging infrastructure strain water supplies.
Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions.
More: bit.ly/44YCSt0
Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions.
More: bit.ly/44YCSt0
37 Fatalities Reported in Morocco After Flash Floods Triggered by Torrential Rains
Morocco is experiencing heavy rain and snowfall in the Atlas Mountains, following seven years of drought that emptied some of its main reservoirs.
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Morocco is experiencing heavy rain and snowfall in the Atlas Mountains, following seven years of drought that emptied some of its main reservoirs.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
37 Fatalities Reported in Morocco After Flash Floods Triggered by Torrential Rains
Morocco is experiencing heavy rain and snowfall in the Atlas Mountains, following seven years of drought that emptied some of its main reservoirs.
More: bit.ly/3KXiced
Morocco is experiencing heavy rain and snowfall in the Atlas Mountains, following seven years of drought that emptied some of its main reservoirs.
More: bit.ly/3KXiced
Trust Is the Missing Climate Currency
Trust in climate talks isn’t built by speeches or slogans. It’s built when pledges are delivered, obligations are honoured, and responsibility isn’t shifted. COP30 showed how far we still are from that standard.
Read more: bit.ly/3XPCIjT
Trust in climate talks isn’t built by speeches or slogans. It’s built when pledges are delivered, obligations are honoured, and responsibility isn’t shifted. COP30 showed how far we still are from that standard.
Read more: bit.ly/3XPCIjT
December 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trust Is the Missing Climate Currency
Trust in climate talks isn’t built by speeches or slogans. It’s built when pledges are delivered, obligations are honoured, and responsibility isn’t shifted. COP30 showed how far we still are from that standard.
Read more: bit.ly/3XPCIjT
Trust in climate talks isn’t built by speeches or slogans. It’s built when pledges are delivered, obligations are honoured, and responsibility isn’t shifted. COP30 showed how far we still are from that standard.
Read more: bit.ly/3XPCIjT
Power Shift Africa has been a strong and vocal critic of carbon markets in Africa as they, like the fossil fuel industry, serve the interests of polluters and not communities. Evidence against these controversial projects is mounting.
More: bit.ly/459KE3h
More: bit.ly/459KE3h
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Power Shift Africa has been a strong and vocal critic of carbon markets in Africa as they, like the fossil fuel industry, serve the interests of polluters and not communities. Evidence against these controversial projects is mounting.
More: bit.ly/459KE3h
More: bit.ly/459KE3h
Patience Agyekum from Ghana has actively contributed to the formulation of her country’s National Adaptation Plans. She insists that sectoral adaptation plans must reflect a development focus instead of being short-term.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Patience Agyekum from Ghana has actively contributed to the formulation of her country’s National Adaptation Plans. She insists that sectoral adaptation plans must reflect a development focus instead of being short-term.
More: bit.ly/3XOq9oT
More: bit.ly/3XOq9oT
After record floods submerged Bor, South Sudan in 2020, an emergency response became a model for climate adaptation. Today, climate-resilient, solar-powered systems deliver safe water to 80% of the town — turning crisis into lasting resilience.
More: bit.ly/4iULbvP
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December 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
After record floods submerged Bor, South Sudan in 2020, an emergency response became a model for climate adaptation. Today, climate-resilient, solar-powered systems deliver safe water to 80% of the town — turning crisis into lasting resilience.
More: bit.ly/4iULbvP
More: bit.ly/4iULbvP
Ten years ago, hundreds of leaders came together and forged a global agreement to curb climate change.
So, 10 years later, it would be fair to ask what the agreement has achieved.
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So, 10 years later, it would be fair to ask what the agreement has achieved.
Read more: bit.ly/4j0Qg5U
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Ten years ago, hundreds of leaders came together and forged a global agreement to curb climate change.
So, 10 years later, it would be fair to ask what the agreement has achieved.
Read more: bit.ly/4j0Qg5U
So, 10 years later, it would be fair to ask what the agreement has achieved.
Read more: bit.ly/4j0Qg5U
Critical minerals are the backbone of the clean energy transition. Most are found in the Global South, which is why governance of these resources is one of the biggest justice battles in climate politics.
https://dialogue.earth/en/justice/what-next-for-the-global-governance-of-critical-minerals/
https://dialogue.earth/en/justice/what-next-for-the-global-governance-of-critical-minerals/
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Critical minerals are the backbone of the clean energy transition. Most are found in the Global South, which is why governance of these resources is one of the biggest justice battles in climate politics.
https://dialogue.earth/en/justice/what-next-for-the-global-governance-of-critical-minerals/
https://dialogue.earth/en/justice/what-next-for-the-global-governance-of-critical-minerals/
Survivors of #TyphoonRai in the Philippines have filed a legal claim in the UK against Shell for contributing to the deadly storm that killed more than 400 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Shell, of course, calls the claim “baseless”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r9p1ypyjyo
Shell, of course, calls the claim “baseless”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r9p1ypyjyo
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Survivors of #TyphoonRai in the Philippines have filed a legal claim in the UK against Shell for contributing to the deadly storm that killed more than 400 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Shell, of course, calls the claim “baseless”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r9p1ypyjyo
Shell, of course, calls the claim “baseless”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r9p1ypyjyo