Officials from G8 nations undertook here on Tuesday to set up micro-credit facilities for African nations with the help of the World Bank.

German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said giving poor Africans access to credit would be at the top of the agenda when leaders of the Group of Eight wealthiest nations meet in Germany in June.

A new study from Aggreko predicts that climate change is accelerating faster than previous expectations, due in large by the growth of developing economies in Africa, Asia and South America.

Environment News Service

To help Africa obtain its fair share of climate emissions reduction projects under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism and satisfy a growing interest in a carbon market on the continent, the International Emissions Trading Association on Wednesday launched the first all Africa Carbon Forum at Le Meridien Preisdent Hotel in Dakar.

CBC News

Hundreds of negotiators are gathering in Ghana’s capital to resume talks on a climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires.

The weeklong conference began Thursday in Accra, with more than 1,000 delegates in attendance.

Talks in the city located in Ghana’s south will focus on pushing developing countries to join the fight against rising greenhouse gas emissions, but come at a difficult time, when many of the world’s poor are more concerned with the cost of food and fuel.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization released a report stating that the Middle East and North Africa will experience food security threats due to climate-induced agricultural losses.

Reuters Africa

Madagascar will sell nine million tons of carbon offsets in a voluntary scheme to help protect one of its biggest and most pristine forests, a conservation group said on Thursday.

Associated Press

The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa.

Zimbabwe, like many nations, is beginning to show signs of the onset of global warming, suggesting that countries will experience the effects of climate change at different rates.

Africa’s vast arable lands have the potential to rival top agricultural nations like the United States in supplying biofuels to a world seeking cleaner energy sources.

But using land reserved for food production to supply biofuel demand could squeeze food supplies in a region vulnerable to shortages. It could also hurt poor consumers if the biofuel boom continues to push food prices higher.

The Daily Monitor

Many Ugandans may not be aware of the ongoing climate changes but its effects are already threatening lives of many people countrywide.

The issue has dominated the international public discourse for the past few years with catch phrases such as global warming and green house gas emissions becoming part of everyday vocabulary.

Climate change according to experts is a change of climate, attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere.