Climate Change – Jesuits Africa COP27

Poor waste management and flooding in Antananarivo Madagascar

February 15, 2023

Efa Ravelonantoandro - Centre Arrupe Madagascar Jesuits Africa Approximately 100,000 additional inhabitants each year stream to Madagascar’s capital, a city where the correlation between exposure to floods, urban poverty, pollution, and waste management…

RETURN TO THE PRESENT DAY

November 21, 2022

Efa Ravelonantoandro - CENTRE ARRUPE MADAGASCAR Jesuits Africa Madagascar's lands covered with forests are shrinking more and more. According to Global Forest Watch, from 2001 to 2021, Madagascar lost 4.36Mha of vegetation cover,…

Lamu Old Town Faces Mounting Pressures Under Climate Change and Large-Scale Infrastructure Development

November 16, 2022

Mohamed Athman, Save Lamu and Bryan P. Galligan, S.J., Jesuits Africa The World Heritage Committee is well aware of the threats to Lamu Old Town posed by the Lamu Port South Sudan—Ethiopia…

When rain clouds don’t gather, and more

October 21, 2022

Because the real drivers of Africa’s vulnerability to climate change extend far beyond physical factors alone… By Bryan P Galligan Jesuits Africa “We used to know what to grow here, and we…

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