Geneva, Switzerland, September 3, 2019 – Leaders of the small island developing states of Barbados, Saint Lucia and Vanuatu, ministers, senior government officials and experts will affirm global trade policy’s integral role in fighting the climate crisis at the first-ever United Nations Trade Forum slated for 9 to 13 September.
Baby sea turtles head for their natural habitat. noga f/Shutterstock Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University and Martin Lockley, University of Colorado Denver September 3, 2019//-Baby sea turtles are cute. They fascinate us as they dig out of their sandy nests and make a run for the sea.
Stockholm, Sweden, August 28, 2019// – Water and sanitation subsidies are disproportionately benefitting the better-off, according to a new report from the World Bank.
Plant extinctions have skyrocketed, driven in large part by land clearing and climate change. Graphic Node/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Jaco Le Roux, Macquarie University; Florencia Yanelli, Stellenbosch University; Heidi Hirsch, Stellenbosch University; José María Iriondo Alegría, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; Marcel Rejmánek, University of California, Davis, and Maria Loreto Castillo, Stellenbosch University Earth is seeing an […]
Women fetching water from a borehole drilled by an aid foundation in Babile, Ethiopia. EPA/Tobias Hase Meron Teferi Taye, Addis Ababa University and Ellen Dyer, University of Oxford In July Ethiopians planted 350 million trees in a single day. This was part of the country’s national green legacy initiative to counter environmental degradation and climate […]
Accra, Ghana, August 19, 2019//- The largest-ever survey of Africans’ perceptions of climate change has revealed widespread reports of worsening quality of life and deteriorating conditions for agricultural production, as well as limited “climate change literacy” among average citizens.
August 14, 2019//-Seven Kenya Wildlife Service pilots traveled to Hammond, Louisiana, to train on gyroplanes with a goal of becoming more effective in fighting poachers.
Kigali, Rwanda, August 13, 2019//-The African Development Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank have called a high-level meeting with development partners on August 5-6 in Kigali, Rwanda at the first Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue (AFSLD).
August 2, 2019//-Climate change is already putting huge stress on Africa’s food production systems. And, according to projections, worse is coming.
A coastal wetland overrun by plastic. Supplied by author Peter Ryan, University of Cape Town There is no doubt that plastic affects the environment badly. But a trend has developed in the reporting on the impact of plastics that’s not only selective but also borders on panic mongering rather than impartial analysis of existing studies. […]
