July 04, 2023
Africa: Transformative Change of Our Relationship With Nature - Key to Saving Global Biodiversity
The writers are Co-Chairs of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Read more »
Africa: Climate Change and Development
There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change. Read more »
June 30, 2023
Africa: Celebrity Chefs Enlisted to Put Climate-Hardy Millets Back On the Menu
Get yourself a nice big pot full of water, dice some onions and throw in the meat of your fancy, followed by chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, dried okra powder, garden eggs and… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Africa: The Need for More Funding, Especially to Women, Towards Climate Adaptation Goals
There is a significant funding gap for climate adaptation - especially for women. Public financing will not be sufficient to close this gap, but it will be crucial for supporting… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Africa: If Govts Have the Tools to Stop Fishing-Related Deaths, Why Aren't They Being Used?
Long before Hollywood highlighted the dangers of commercial fishing in The Perfect Storm, Deadliest Catch and other programming, governments around the world knew that this was one… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Africa: Beyond the UN Security Council - Can the General Assembly Tackle the Climate-Security Challenge?
The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives. As the smoke clears around the United Nations building in… Read more »
June 20, 2023
Liberia: Palm Oil - Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Policy and Investment
Oil palm has brought significant benefits and prosperity to Liberia. The export of crude palm oil is a major source of foreign exchange earnings for the government. The palm oil… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Africa: Negotiations Must Accelerate Climate Action and Save Vulnerable Countries #AfricaClimateHope
Vulnerable countries, banking on robust climate negotiations, want an inclusive funding package to help them with the devastating impacts of climate change. Read more »
June 16, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Hits and Misses On Journey to Eliminating Plastic Waste
Plastic bags were a part and parcel of life in Kenya. More than 100 million plastic bags were used annually in Kenyan supermarkets alone, with at least 24 million plastic bags… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Africa: A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Countries #AfricaClimateHope
After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion this week in Bonn is critical, but without supporting reforms of the… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Africa: Transforming Food Systems Through Conscious, Mindful Practices
Deep in the Egyptian desert, the SEKEM community celebrates its first wheat crop - grown to alleviate shortages and price increases caused by the war in Ukraine, and the latest… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Africa: We Need to Talk About Deep Blue Carbon
The focus of carbon capture and storage has long been on coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses. If the world wants to meet its looming climate targets, then it's time to… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Africa: Citizen Science Is Key in Helping to Tackle the Threat of Invasive Alien Species
Prof. Helen Roy, Prof. Peter Stoett, and Prof. Anibal Pauchard - Co-Chairs of the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment Read more »
Malawi: Cyclone Freddy Has Put Women & Girls in Malawi At Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
"Cyclone Freddy was a terrible experience, and now many women who lost their homes and their livelihoods are at increased risk of sexual exploitation and abuse," warns Caleb… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Africa: Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (And Everywhere Else)?
The good news: oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface, contain 97% of the world's water, represent 99% of the living space on the Planet by volume, and are a major… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Seeks Fair, Equitable Climate Action at Bonn Conference
The Climate Change envoy to the President of Kenya has asked Kenya's and, by extension Africa's negotiators at the ongoing climate conference in Bonn, Germany, not to put much… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Africa: Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies
In the Pacific Islands and many developing and emerging countries worldwide, the informal economy far outsizes the formal one, playing a vital role in the survival of urban and… Read more »
Africa: World Environment Day - Solutions for Plastic Pollution
By Lara Van Lith and Akilah Davitt: It's time to get together and celebrate the environment! June 5th is the 50th World Environment Day, where each year, the significance of… Read more »
May 25, 2023
Africa: Climate Change Gets Its Day in Court
As a matter of global justice, the climate crisis has rightfully made its way to the world's highest court. Read more »
May 29, 2023
Africa: Carbon Tax - A Surprisingly Simple Contribution to Fighting #AfricaClimateCrisis
Reducing carbon emissions is critical for combating climate change. And one effective way to do this is through the use of carbon taxes. Read more »
May 25, 2023
Africa: Population Denialism Is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism
A new study estimates that global heating will push billions of people outside the comfortable range of temperature and weather in which we have evolved. Read more »
May 23, 2023
Africa: The Lead-Free Water Pledge - Steps Towards a Future of Lead-Free Drinking Water
By Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi and Aaron Salzburg Read more »
Africa: Governments Are Changing Fisheries Management for the Better, but More Action Is Still Needed
Global fisheries are worth more than US$140 billion each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. But this hefty sum does not capture… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda - Better Mapping of Erosion Risk Areas Needed More Than Ever
Following severe flooding and landslides that hit major parts of Rwanda earlier this month, experts are convinced that investing in the mapping of erosion risk areas could go a… Read more »
May 18, 2023
Africa: Europe Sells 90% of Its Used Clothes, Textiles Waste to Africa and Asia
Once the money-making businesses have turned Asia and Africa into their low-cost factories, to produce and market at higher prices their clothes and footwear, obtaining more… Read more »