Joto Afrika Magazine: November 2024, Issue 28

This publication emphasises that with climate impacts on the African continent increasing by the day, ambitious adaptation financing is more urgent than ever and that commitments must be matched with tangible actions. It also focuses on agriculture and food systems which are essential components of climate action. It presents a case for ensuring agriculture and food systems agenda is progressed at COP 29 while acknowledging the key outcome at Bonn conference in June on Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work on Implementation of Climate Action on Agriculture and Food Security.

Additionally, authors have presented the need to ensure that Indigenous People, local communities, People with Disabilities, among other marginalised groups are not left behind in this climate change discourse and that their concerns form part of the conference outcomes. The current issue also emphasises the need for African continent negotiators and delegations to be aware of the need for more action and ensure that the outcomes of the conference, especially on the new climate finance goal, the loss and damage fund, and the global goal on adaptation, are fair, equitable, and fit-for-purpose.

Joto Afrika is a series of printed briefings and online resources about adapting to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. The series will help people understand the issues, constraints, and opportunities that poor people face in adapting to climate change and escaping poverty. Joto Afrika is Swahili; it an be loosely translated to mean ‘Africa is feeling the heat’.