Forest Loss & Climate Pressure: Global Forest Watch data shows 2025 tree cover loss hit 25.5 million hectares, with fires driving most destruction and climate change worsening heat and drought—while Central Africa’s Congo Basin faces heavy pressure from small-scale farming, charcoal and conflict-driven displacement, including in Cameroon’s wider forest zone. Lake Chad Humanitarian Fallout: UNHCR warns the Lake Chad Basin is nearing a dangerous tipping point: 3.5+ million people forcibly displaced and 8.2 million needing aid, after nearly 1,800 security incidents and 5,700+ deaths between Sept 2025 and May 2026—fueling insecurity across Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Water Access in Cameroon: In Yaounde, UNHCR and CAMWATER signed an agreement to improve safe drinking water for refugees in Minawao camp and nearby communities; UNHCR says water access is currently about 17 litres per person per day, below humanitarian standards. SONARA Revival Watch: Cameroon’s government is moving ahead with SONARA rehabilitation via an international market sounding and a DBFM public-private partnership model, with plans to raise refining capacity toward 3.5 million tonnes/year and modernise key units like the hydrocracker. Fair Tax for Climate Resilience: Greenpeace Africa joins the Global Day to Fight Inequality, urging fair and equitable taxation to fund public services and climate action as droughts, floods and food insecurity intensify across the region.