Cutting industry’s carbon emissions will require significant investment and coordinated effort among businesses, governments, and other stakeholders. The industrial sector is a vital source of wealth, prosperity, and social value on a global scale. Industrial companies produce about one-quarter of global GDP and employment, and they make products and materials that are integral to our daily […]
Dakar, Senegal, July 16, 2018/ — Over 15 climate scientists from African Regional Climate Centres (RCCs) and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) met to review a study report on the application of WMO resolution 40 on climate data sharing standards and protocols in Africa.
To stay competitive, real estate leaders must offer new services that address the evolving needs and desires of individuals, companies, and communities, such as flexibility or sustainability. July 12, 2018//-The major global trend toward urban expansion shows no sign of slowing. Over half the world’s population now lives in cities, and European dwellers appear ahead of […]
Cairo, Egypt, July 12, 2018/ — Mobilising domestic resources, from both the public and private sectors, is central to Africa’s collective success in achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the continent’s 50-year development plan, Agenda 2063, says Adam Elhiraika, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Division at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Abuja, Nigeria, June 29, 2018//-An ecologist, Dennis Ugwuja, has urged shopping malls to establish plastics recycling plants to support the efforts to reduce plastic pollution in the country.
June 26, 2018//-African central banks that remain stuck in their traditional roles risk being ineffective and becoming out-dated and irrelevant when it comes to managing and regulating the new trends in the global financial ecosystem.
June 16, 2018//-Over the last decade we have become increasingly alarmed at the amount of plastic in our oceans.
June 9, 2018//-Research shows that many of the microplastics in our bodies come from the air we breathe – not just from drinking bottled water or eating fish from polluted oceans.
Accra, Ghana, June 7, 2018//-Staff volunteer of MTN Ghana defied the scorching sunny weather on Wednesday to rid the James Town beach of plastic materials, as part of the company’s annual MTN 21 Days of Y’ello Care activities.
Accra, Ghana, June 55, 2018//-Nestlé has set the bold global ambition of making 100% of its packaging either recyclable or reusable by 2025, as part of its pledge to play an active role in combating plastic pollution.
