October 07, 2022
Gambia: YVE, Partners to Embark On National Climate Caravan
Joe Bongay, Executive Director of Young Volunteers for the Environment (YVE) has said that his led organisation and partners would embark on a nationwide climate caravan dubbed:… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Gambia: Gambia Ratifies 2001 UNESCO Convention On Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
The National Assembly of The Gambia on Thursday 22 September 2022 ratified the 2001 UNESCO Convention for the protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH). Read more »
Gambia: Govt Pumps D10 Million Into Rural Water Projects-DPs Darboe
The Deputy Permanent Secretary (DPS) at the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, Malang Darboe, has said for the first time in the history of the… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Africa: Can Economic Growth Fix the Brunt of Climate Change in Africa?
A few weeks before the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, in New York, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Africa is vastly affected by the consequences of climate… Read more »
September 21, 2022
West Africa: WABSA Commemorates Jinack Protocol in NBR
The West African Birds Study Association (WABSA), of The Gambia in collaboration with Nature for Community Development (NCD) of Senegal last week celebrated Jinack Protocol at a… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Gambia: W/A Food Insecurity Demands Climate-Smart Response Amid Multiple Crises!
As crises multiply and the devastating conflict in Ukraine drags on, its global effects are being felt hard in the Sahel and West Africa, a region with more than 38 million people… Read more »
Gambia: Long-Term Climate Strategy Validated
The Climate Change Secretariat alongside Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources (MECCNAR) and partners last Friday validated the county's Draft Long-Term… Read more »
September 08, 2022
Gambia: UNDP Hails Gambia As Only Country Keeping Promise On Paris Agreement
The Gambia was one of only two countries to have made commitments sufficient to limit temperature increases within the 1.5 degrees Celsius range by the end of the 21st century in… Read more »
Gambia: U.S. Embassy Assists Flood Victims With U.S.$250,000
U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia Sharon L. Cromer announced that U.S. Embassy Banjul will donate $250,000 in humanitarian assistance to The Red Cross to assist victims of the recent… Read more »
Gambia: What Is the Paris Agreement?
The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Gambia: Environment - Our Coastline Is Fragile and Sensitive to Sand Mining
My involvement with Coastal Protection Works goes back to the early 1960s when the then colonial government hired the world famous coastal protection specialists-Lewis and Duvivier… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change and the Global South - the Case of Africa!
The unprecedented impact of climate change is already being felt across the world and is disproportionately burdening developing countries of the Global South. Read more »
September 01, 2022
Gambia: 'Mainstreaming Gender in Climate Change Mitigation Is Our Priority'
The executive director of Beakanyang has expressed his organisation's resolve to mainstreaming gender in climate change mitigation as he described the move as their priority. Read more »
Gambia: Barrow, Joof Lead Coordination Efforts in Response to July Flash Floods
The president of the Republic, Adama Barrow alongside his vice Badara Joof are currently leading coordination efforts in ameliorating the plight of victims of last month's flash… Read more »
Africa: Rare Mysterious Weather Predicted in 2022!
The United Nations weather agency predicts the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious "triple dip" - the first this century -… Read more »
Gambia: Consular Jawara Threatens to Drag KMC to Court Over Garbage Issue
Seasoned diplomat, Haggi Jawara, who is The Gambia's consular general in Angola has threatened to drag the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) to court if the country's biggest… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Africa: Africa Climate Week 2022 Set to Harness Opportunities for Climate Action Ahead of COP27
UN Climate Change News, 29 August 2022 - Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2022 kicked off yesterday in Libreville, Gabon, by convening Ministers from across the continent to discuss the… Read more »
Gambia: NAWEC Initiates Compensation for Landowners in Brikama for Spillage Caused By Floods
The National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) has initiated compensation plans for some affected landowners in communities in Brikama including Kembujeh Sabu Kunda, following… Read more »
Gambia: '407 Water Points, 1,238 Sanitation Facilities' in Gambia Affected By Floods
Reports by the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) of The Gambia has highlighted that over 407 water points and 1, 238 sanitation facilities in The Gambia have been affected… Read more »
August 29, 2022
Senegal: Burst of River Banks Renders Farmers Dissatisfied
The overflow of River Gambia has made scores of farmers unhappy in Senegal, according to reports monitored by The Point. Read more »