Category: Environment & Sustainability

Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk on the planet, causing 6.7 million premature deaths globally each year, and costs the global economy an estimated $8.1 trillion annually – about 6% of global GDP, according to the World Bank.

United States of America/// — South Africa is globally recognised for its exceptional biodiversity, hosting high levels of species richness, endemism, and ecosystem diversity across three global biodiversity hotspots.

Accra, Ghana– MTN Ghana has undertaken a tree-planting exercise at the Chipa Forest Reserve located in the eastern part of the Greater Accra Region as part of its commitment to protecting the planet and supporting the restoration of degraded sections of the forest.

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.