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    Africa
    News
    July 30, 2026

    RELEASE: New WRI Research Shows Nairobi’s Flooding Crisis Spans Beyond Rainfall, Calls for a New Approach to Urban Resilience

    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • nature-based solutions
    • Climate Resilience
    • urban water resilience
    • housing
    • Urban Development
    • adaptation
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    June 8, 2026

    Tackling Central Africa's Water and Power Challenges Starts with Restoring Nature

    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    The bare hillsides of Bukavu being restored and stabilized
    • nature-based solutions
    • urban water resilience
    • adaptation
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Climate Resilience
    • Solutions in Focus
    • Cities
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 18, 2026

    African Cities Use Nature to Fight Floods and Climate Change

    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Workers remove invasive species in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • Cities
    • nature-based solutions
    • Urban Development
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Freshwater
    Update
    April 7, 2026

    WRI, Partners Launch New Initiative to Protect Water Supplies and Catchments in Ethiopia’s Tana Subbasin

    • urban water resilience
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Man boating with birds.
    • urban water resilience
    • water risk
    • floods
    • drought
    • Freshwater
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    November 24, 2025

    South Africa Is Fighting Back Against Invasive Plants

    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    A street in Johannesburg, South Africa, lined with jacarandas in bloom with their purple flowers and petals sprinkled on the road.
    • Water Security
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • floods
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    July 2, 2025

    Managing Extremes: How South African Cities Are Tackling Water Crises

    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    People collect water during the Cape Town water crisis.
    • urban water resilience
    • nature-based solutions
    • floods
    • drought
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • Urban Development
    • Solutions in Focus
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2024

    Rebuilding Kenya Stronger: Here's What's Needed to Rebound After Catastrophic Floods

    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    People load a truck with their belongings after heavy rainfall caused floods in Kenya.
    • floods
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    June 28, 2024

    Kenya’s Farmers Restore Lands — and Hope — After Floods

    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Kenyan farmers harvest avocados
    • floods
    • extreme weather
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Solutions in Focus
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 13, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.