Countries in the Sahel (comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger), along with the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) are facing a medley of development challenges.
Category: Environment & Sustainability
Role of Public–private–philanthropic Partnerships in Driving Climate and Nature Transitions
The pressing need for climate and nature action is increasingly felt across the world. In response, governments and companies have been multiplying commitments and actions in areas such as the net-zero transition, biodiversity loss prevention, and broader natural capital preservation.
Zayed Sustainability Prize opens submissions for 2025 cycle
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates//-The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.
Cautiously Optimistic Future for Plastics Circularity – What to Expect After Challenging 2023
The circular economy has been one of the most powerful megatrends affecting the plastics industry over the last few years and is widely anticipated to keep building momentum in the future.
COP28: Report Recommends Young People Get a Fair Share of Climate Finance
Young people, who are among those most at risk of the impacts of climate change, are not accessing the funds they need to tackle the challenges posed by global warming, according to a report published on 9 December.
Tomorrow.io and MTN Group Partner to Deliver Lifesaving Weather Early Warnings in Africa
The collaboration aims to harness satellite monitoring, AI, mobile connectivity, and cloud computing to provide critical early warning information to millions across the continent. On the sidelines of COP 28, weather intelligence and climate adaptation leader Tomorrow.io, and MTN Group, Africa’s largest mobile operator, leveraging a Microsoft Azure technology grant from Microsoft’s AI for Good […]
Commonwealth Youth Leaders Want Action, Not Just Rhetoric at COP28
Youth leaders representing the Commonwealth’s 56 countries have urged leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai to move beyond speeches and deliver concrete action to safeguard the planet.
COP28: Africa Could Lose $25 Billion Per Year as New EU Carbon Tax Comes Into Effect
/ — African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has warned that a new EU carbon border tax could significantly constrain Africa’s trade and industrialization progress by penalizing value-added exports including steel, cement, iron, aluminium and fertilizers.
COP28: Elevating, Adding African Voices to the Climate Conversation
Dubai, United Arab Emirates// — Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org), Africa’s leading survey research organisation, is set to make a significant impact at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) by spotlighting the voices of African citizens captured in its recent Pan-Africa Profile (https://apo-opa.co/3GtUEYt) on climate change.
Getting Away With Murder?’: European Oil and Gas Majors’ 2022 Emissions Alone Could Cause at Least 360,000 Temperature-related Deaths
Dubai, UAE//- An estimated 360,000 people could die prematurely before the end of the century because of global heating caused by the 2022 greenhouse gas emissions of nine major European oil and gas companies alone, according to a Greenpeace Netherlands study.