The highlands of Ethiopia’s Gamo Zone have become the latest epicentre of a growing environmental crisis, with local officials reporting to the press on Tuesday that at least 30 people lost their lives.
Category: Environment & Sustainability
Persian Gulf Desalination Plants Could Become Military Targets in Regional War
The Ras al-Khair water desalination plant in eastern Saudi Arabia is just one of many along the Persian Gulf coast. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images Michael Christopher Low, University of Utah Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region use the fossil fuels under their desert lands not only […]
Title Wildlife Justice Commission Reflects On Decade of Impact with Multimedia Report
The Hague, the Netherlands// — The Wildlife Justice Commission today launches Fighting Wildlife Crime: A Decade of Impact, a dynamic new multimedia web feature marking ten years of disrupting transnational organised crime and protecting endangered species.
China’s Belt and Road Must Adapt to Survive a Hotter World
In December 2022, fireworks lit up the sky over the Lusail stadium, north of Doha. At the centre stood Lionel Messi, arms raised, World Cup trophy in hand, as thousands celebrated around him. It was a moment of triumph for Messi, for Argentina and for Qatar, the first Middle Eastern country to host one of […]
$35 Million Needed to Fully Restore the Polluted Birim River-EPA Ghana
The Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Ghana, Nana Ama Brown Klutse, has revealed that an estimated $35 million will be required to completely restore the Birim River, which has been severely polluted by illegal mining activities.
Fidelity Bank Unveils Green Lending Fund to Accelerate Climate-smart Business Growth
Fidelity Bank Ghana has launched the Fidelity Green Lending Fund (GLF), a dedicated concessionary financing facility designed to support businesses operating within Ghana’s growing green economy.
Africa’s Pangolins Under Growing Threat as Trafficking Networks Expand Across Continent
Nairobi, Kenya//-Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria are increasingly emerging as key source and transit hubs in the global trade of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked wild mammal.
Researchers Warn Global Plastics Treaty Process Risks Failure Without Serious Reform
A new report published today identifies critical challenges in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations and sets out practical steps to strengthen the next phase of the process ahead of the next UN negotiation committee meeting on 7 February.
Releaf Earth Announces Successful Issuance of Nigeria’s First Industrial-Scale Carbon Removal Credits
Releaf Earth, a leading climate and agriculture technology company, has announced the successful issuance of Nigeria’s first industrial-scale carbon removal credits, marking a fundamental shift in Africa’s participation in the global carbon removal sector.
African Climate Science-policy Has a Serious Blind Spot: the Slowing Atlantic Circulation
Guy Franklin Midgley, Stellenbosch University and Pedro M.S. Monteiro, Stellenbosch University The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change on planet Earth. The plot dramatises the consequences of a shut-down in an ocean current, and features the Northern Hemisphere plunging, within a few weeks, […]