Liberia// — The policy emerged from an extensive national consultation and consensus-building process involving forest-dependent communities, civil society organisations, government institutions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and members of the Legislature.
Brazil celebrates Amazon Day, a commemorative date aimed at raising awareness around the world of the importance of preserving the planet’s largest tropical rainforest.
Nairobi, Kenya/// — Across West Africa, a small plastic pouch can carry a contradiction. For millions of people, it signifies affordable drinking water when reliable taps are unavailable. For cities and their infrastructure, it’s an additional single-use plastic entering an already strained waste management system.
Nairobi Kenya// — The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) have taken an important step to deepen their collaboration by signing a Joint Declaration aimed at scaling up climate resilience and adaptation finance in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Accra, Ghana// — President John Dramani Mahama has called out the international community for “selectivity and indifference” in handling severe global humanitarian crises, demanding universal enforcement of international law in Sudan and Gaza, an end to the embargo against Cuba, and aggressive action on global climate inequality.
Cape Town, South Africa//Africa’s carbon markets are moving into a new phase, with governments strengthening policy, investors looking for credible projects and growing attention on how the continent can unlock more climate finance.
South Africa// — Government urges members of the public to remain vigilant and exercise extreme caution as severe winter weather, including heavy snowfall, freezing conditions, rain and strong winds, affects several parts of the country.
Africa stands at the centre of the world’s energy transition. Beneath its soils lie the lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, nickel and rare earth minerals that will power electric vehicles, batteries and renewable energy systems across the globe.
Doug Specht, University of Westminster The front page of the Times on July 25 carried a photograph of three people sitting under a striped parasol on the sand near Lacanau in southwest France, looking out to sea. Beyond them, the sky was rust-orange as a wall of wildfire smoke climbed above the treeline. The caption […]
The rain began quietly. Then it kept coming. Hour after hour, it beat against rooftops, spilt onto roads and flowed into homes. By dawn on June 29, 2026, many parts of Accra no longer looked familiar.
