November 19, 2023
Africa: Third Session of Negotiations On An International Plastics Treaty Advance in Nairobi
The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Africa: Kenya to Host United Nations Committee Session on Plastic Pollution
The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment… Read more »
March 03, 2023
Africa: Progress Made On Global Agreement On Chemical and Waste Management
Governments, industry, civil society organizations and chemical experts from across the world moved closer to a global agreement to better manage chemicals and waste and protect… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Africa: Five Ways Often-Unheralded Seagrasses Boost Biodiversity #AfricaClimateCrisis
Seagrasses are one of the most widespread marine ecosystems on Earth, covering around 300,000 km2 of seabed in 159 countries. Read more »
September 20, 2022
Africa: UNEP, UNFCCC and Gord Unveil Online Green Events Tool
Events, irrespective of their size, are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sustainability impacts. With an aim to facilitate eco-friendly events and… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Can Mineral Resources Provide a Pathway to Peace?
Minerals like lithium and cobalt are key components in the batteries that could support the world's transition away from fossil fuels. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Africa: African Environment Ministers Vow to Clean Up
The resumed 18th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) closed with environment ministers from 54 African countries adopting a series of decisions… Read more »
August 16, 2022
Africa: How Sustainable Living Can Help Counter the Climate Crisis #AfricaClimateHope
To combat the climate crisis and secure a safe future below 1.5°C, the world needs to cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gasses by 50 per cent within the decade. Read more »
August 04, 2022
Africa: As Fuel Prices Rise, Companies Look to Energy Efficient Solutions #AfricaClimateCrisis
With fossil fuel prices reaching record highs, companies around the world are focusing on energy efficiency to save money and reduce the emissions driving the climate crisis. Read more »
July 22, 2022
Africa: 5 Species You Didn't Know Were Under Threat #AfricaClimateCrisis
The unsustainable use of plants and animals is not just threatening the survival of one million species around the world, but the livelihoods of billions of people who rely on wild… Read more »
June 07, 2022
Africa: How Protecting Seagrasses Can Help Save Our Oceans #AfricaClimateCrisis
About 0.1 per cent of the ocean's floor is covered in lanky green flowering plants known as seagrasses. Read more »
June 16, 2022
Africa: Why the World Is Missing Its Chance for Clean Energy #AfricaClimateCrisis
A green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic would have helped countries to build back better while driving economic growth and job creation. But the latest Renewables 2022 Global… Read more »
June 14, 2022
Somalia: Somalia Attempts to Revive Lands Blighted By Deforestation #AfricaClimateCrisis
When farmer Mohamed Ibrahim Aden isn't tending to his own fields, you can often find him watering seedlings at a small community nursery in the Somali village of Gobweyn. Read more »
June 15, 2022
Africa: Around the Globe, As the Climate Crisis Worsens, Droughts Set In #AfricaClimateCrisis
As Riziki Bwanake walks along the Tana River Delta, the dry, dusty earth crunches beneath her feet. This part of eastern Kenya was once lush, home to a rich expanse of mangroves… Read more »
June 04, 2022
Africa: Millions Prepare to Celebrate World Environment Day
People from across the globe are expected to come together on 5 June to mark World Environment Day, cleaning up beaches, planting trees and holding marches in an effort to revive… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Africa: Looking Back at 50 Years of Environmental Multilateralism
As world leaders gathered in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972 for the UN Conference on the Human Environment, they were facing a planet in crisis. Acid rain was falling on cities. Oil… Read more »
June 02, 2022
Africa: Stockholm+50 Opens With Calls to Accelerate Action for a Healthy Planet and Prosperity for All
Fifty years after Sweden hosted the first-ever United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, and with the world facing a triple planetary crisis of climate change,… Read more »
Africa: Stockholm+50 - Actions to Transform Our World
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May 30, 2022
Africa: What to Expect At Stockholm+50 This Week #AfricaClimateCrisis
Stockholm+50 begins this week, bringing leaders and representatives from governments, businesses, international organizations, civil society and youth together in the Swedish… Read more »
August 20, 2021
Africa: Methane Emissions Are Driving Climate Change. Here's How to Reduce Them.
If you've ever ventured into a cow pasture, chances are you've noticed an odour or two. What you're likely smelling is methane and it's more than just unpleasant. It's a potent… Read more »
October 26, 2020
Africa: Used Vehicles Get a Second Life in Africa - but At What Cost?
John Mwangi's 22-year-old car is his lifeline. His run-down Toyota saloon not only ferries him around the streets of the traffic-congested Kenyan capital, Nairobi, but is also his… Read more »
December 26, 2019
Eswatini: Natural Weapons Put Malaria On Notice - Eco-Friendly Insecticides in Eswatini
Living atop a hill in Malindza, a tiny county in eSwatini's lush east, 56-year-old Ntombi Ndzimandze is the matriarch of her household of 11 women and children. Read more »
December 17, 2018
Africa: How to Banish the Ghosts of Dead Fishing Gear From Our Seas
In August, around 300 endangered sea turtles were found dead off the southern coast of Mexico, trapped in what was believed to be an abandoned fishing net. The deaths of the olive… Read more »