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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 21h

It's time to prioritise renewables for Africa!

Our Green Report highlights case studies from six African countries proving that 100% renewable energy is POSSIBLE!

Read the Green Report ⏬
https://powershiftafrica.org/publications/african-energy-leadership-report

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 1d

Africa’s solar imports from China surged 60% in the year to June 2025☀️

Countries hit hardest by blackouts, like South Africa, Nigeria & Zambia, are leading the shift as solar becomes the cheaper, cleaner alternative to diesel.

Solar is powering Africa’s energy independence.
https://bit.ly/4fZKOOT

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 1d

Adaptation saves lives - and creates economic growth.

Meet Euphrasia Masai, a Kenyan farmer who receives hyper-local weather updates that help her adjust her planting and harvesting to changing conditions.

Her story shows how climate adaptation empowers communities to thrive.

#Adapt2Win

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 1d

Despite promises to prioritise adaptation, finance for climate resilience remains far below what’s needed.

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 shows a shortfall of up to $339 billion a year.

https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2025-11-01-developing-nations-at-risk-as-climate-adaptation-finance-lags/

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 2d

Webinar Alert!

Join us for the launch of Africa’s Common Position for COP30 — uniting voices for justice-centered, people-led climate action.

🗓️ Nov 5 | 2PM EAT | Zoom

Register TODAY: https://powershiftafrica-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ftee76-fTqS9rq2lNqfLgg

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

The United Nations At 80: A Lifetime Through Humanity’s Highs and Lows

If the United Nations were a human born in 1945, it would have grown up in a world of war, pandemics, refugee crises, hunger, technological miracles, and a planet on the brink.

Full story: bit.ly/3LhkO6r

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

The vulnerability of poor people in Africa and globally to climate impacts is rising. The rollout of adaptation measures is seriously lagging.

To adequately adapt, Africa, for instance, requires an average of $250 billion annually. In 2023, the continent received only $14 billion for adaptation.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

Leading from the Tail

More than 100 countries have not submitted their NDCs.

 So, where do they rank in the global emissions output?

Full story: bit.ly/49tOtTY

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

Kenya spent 92% of its tax revenue on debt between July–Sept, leaving just $340 million for everything else.
Africa can’t adapt by borrowing money. Debt restructuring is needed.

At #COP30, climate finance must mean relief, not more loans.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

WHERE'S YOUR AMBITION?

In 2023 nations agreed to move away from fossil fuels.

Now leaders of rich countries aren’t even offering to do the bare minimum. None have committed to phasing out fossil fuels.

#COP30 #ShowSomeAmbition #NDCNotGoodEnough #NDCs
@canclimateaction.bsky.social

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 3d

Every athlete knows —when you’re outmatched, you adapt. Climate change demands the same mindset.

At #COP30, we can invest in #climateadaptation — protecting people, communities, and ecosystems. Leaders, it’s your move. #Adapt2Win

@adapt2win.bsky.social

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security

On this #AfricaDayforFoodandNutritionSecurity, we reaffirm that Africa’s strength lies in its farmers, its seeds, and its shared vision for food sovereignty and justice.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

Governments spent US$956 billion on net fossil fuel subsidies in 2023, more than triple the annual amount pledged to support climate-vulnerable countries.

15 countries spent more subsidising fossil fuels than on their entire national health budgets.

Full story: bit.ly/47OzeUj

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 warns that developing nations face an annual adaptation bill of up to US$365 billion by 2035.

The gap? A staggering $284–339 billion.

#AdaptationGapReport2025 #HurricaneMelissa

Full story: bit.ly/43674BE

Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago says Brazil will push for a “package of resources” dedicated to helping developing countries adapt to climate impacts, from rising seas to deadly heatwaves.

Full story: reut.rs/3Lc2hsh

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 6d

Technologies like Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), offsets, and geoengineering are often promoted as climate solutions, but they risk reinforcing land grabs, corporate control, and delayed fossil phaseouts.

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 6d

Over 40 world-class athletes have teamed up to call for more adaptation finance through the global #Adapt2Win campaign.

Why athletes?
Because climate change is already reshaping sport, from heatwaves cancelling marathons to floods destroying stadiums.

#Adapt2Win

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 6d

We’re Hiring!

Power Shift Africa is looking for dynamic Energy Campaigners to lead continent-wide campaigns that challenge fossil fuel expansion and champion people-centred renewable energy solutions.

📩 Full job details and application process:
bit.ly/4qxdeoj

Deadline: 21 November 2025

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 6d

The latest analysis by the UNFCCC suggests that, if countries' plans for tackling climate change are carried out, the yearly amount of planet-warming gases added to the atmosphere would decrease 10% by 2035 from 2019 levels.

Full story: reut.rs/4qrOU7z

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 5d

Climate change is reducing the chances of runners breaking marathon records, new research claims.

The study, by Climate Central, said rising temperatures "have made record-breaking runs in some races nearly impossible."

Full story: bbc.in/4hQ44Q9

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 5d

Africa’s clean energy transition could create 5.4 million energy sector jobs by 2050, 2.2 million more than a fossil-based path.

The green transition is Africa’s next employment revolution.

#GreenJobsAfrica #JustTransition #EnergySovereignty

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 5d

With COP30 days away, all eyes are on Brazil, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Get the inside take in our new newsletter: The Good, The Bad, The Greenwashed

Subscribe and read our newsletter: bit.ly/3J9C5hn

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 5d

In Mangoase, Ghana, farmers are preserving their food history through seeds.

Our latest documentary, Guardians of the Seed, shows how Ghana’s first community seed bank is giving power back to the people who feed us.

Watch here 👇🏽
youtu.be/3ytjZ6IvRJM

#FoodSovere#FoodSovereigntyr#AfricanFarmers

The First Community Seed Bank In Ghana | Guardians of the Seed

This documentary takes you inside Ghana’s first-ever community seed bank, a groundbreaking initiative that preserves neglected and underutilised species (NUS...

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 5d

In Sudan, two years of civil war have displaced millions and left 25 million people facing famine.
Food from the fertile Jebel Marra region is rotting because farmers can’t move it out.

This is how war unravels food systems. Food sovereignty cannot thrive under siege.

Full story: bbc.in/4ohnvDN

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Power Shift Africa @powershiftafrica.bsky.social · 4d

When countries borrow in foreign currencies to import fossil fuels, they weaken their economies and lose control over their development.

A renewable-powered Africa reverses that dynamic.

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