AFRICA CLIMATE MONTH · PART OF GLOBAL CLIMATE MONTH
365 days a year | 54 countries, one continent
Forests, savannas, rivers, oceans, farms and the young people leading Africa's climate future, in one place, with live news every day.
Photo: Wolves201, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
THE AFRICA MAP
From the Great Green Wall in the Sahel to the kelp forests of the Cape, Africans are leading on climate, conservation and clean energy. Tap a place to see what happens there. Switch base maps, turn layers on and off, search for a place, or click the map to place your own event.
AFRICA AT A GLANCE
Africa produces a small share of the world's greenhouse gas emissions but faces some of the hardest climate impacts. In November 2027 the world's climate summit, COP32, comes to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sources: African Union; UN population estimates; Global Carbon Project and IEA; UNFCCC; UNCCD Great Green Wall; Green Belt Movement; African Development Bank. Checked November 2026.
LIVE, UPDATED THROUGH THE DAY
Live readings from public data services. Each panel names its source so you can check it yourself.
Temperature, wind and air quality right now. Air quality uses the European AQI index: lower is cleaner.
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Source: Open-Meteo weather and air quality APIs. open-meteo.com
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Magnitude 4.5 and stronger. Source: U.S. Geological Survey. earthquake.usgs.gov
THE 2027 AFRICA ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR
Climate, conservation, clean energy, regenerative agriculture, oceans, wildlife and community events, month by month. Fixed international days show their exact date. Recurring festivals and conferences show the usual timing until organizers confirm 2027 dates, so check the link before you go. Registered events appear here and on the map once they are approved.
LIVE NEWS, REFRESHED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY
The newest headlines on the subjects that matter most, pulled automatically from news outlets, plus the sources we follow.
WHAT IS CHANGING
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Farmers and fishers, rangers and engineers, students and elders, in every language from Amharic to Zulu. Africa Climate Month has a place for all of them.
ROTARY IN AFRICA
Rotary clubs in every region of Africa plant trees, protect water, bring clean water and sanitation to schools and work with young people through Rotaract and Interact. Environment became Rotary's seventh area of focus in 2021.
WHO IS DOING THE WORK
Government bodies, science centers, nonprofits, conservation groups, farmers' networks, youth movements and Rotary. Search by name or filter by type.
ADD YOUR EVENT
Clean-ups, tree plantings, talks, film nights, farm days, beach days and Rotary projects all count. Every entry is reviewed before it appears on the calendar and the map.
OUR FAMILY OF WEBSITES
Africa Climate Month is one of more than 80 project websites built by the Rotary Club of Newport Beach, ESRAG members and partners. Each one tells the story of real people doing real work.