Startling findings from a new UN data platform reveal that the marine dredging industry is extracting a staggering six billion tons of sand and sediment annually.
Category: Environment & Sustainability
Africa Climate Week: Afrobarometer Survey Sheds Light on the Continent’s Climate Reality
The Africa Climate Week (ACW) kicked off today in Nairobi, Kenya bringing together governments, businesses, international organisations, and civil society.
Africa’s Vast Underground Water Resources Are Under Pressure From Climate Change – How to Manage Them
Gaathier Mahed, Nelson Mandela University All countries have a variety of water resources – some are on the surface, like rivers, and some are beneath the ground. This groundwater provides almost 50% of all global domestic use and 43% of all the water used for agriculture.
African Children Bearing the Brunt of Climate Change Impacts
New York, United States of America, September 1, 2023/ — Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Friday.
Africa’s Fragile States Are Greatest Climate Change Casualties
International partners must support the continent’s most vulnerable countries to adapt to extreme weather—or spillovers could become more disruptive Climate change poses grave threats to countries across Africa, especially fragile and conflict-affected states. As the continent’s leaders converge on Kenya for next week’s African Climate Action Summit, it is vital that they come up with solutions […]
Carbon Capture: an Industry that Has Taken 30 Years to Appear Overnight
The ability to scale up carbon capture technology could play a role in helping keep global warming below 1.5°C. Two significant projects coming online – and insured by Allianz Commercial – show the potential of what may be an important transition technology towards net-zero.
South Africa’s Cruel Lion Farming Industry Fuels the Illegal International Trade in Big Cat Bones
World Animal Protection is today calling on the South African Government to stand by its commitment to shut down the country’s cruel commercial captive lion breeding industry for good.
Innovative Grass Charcoal Fuels Opportunity in Ghana
Rome, Italy// — “The idea of grass charcoal had never crossed my mind!” exclaims Mary Tiekor, Handi Women’s Group member and charcoal producer, as she holds a freshly made organic briquette in her hands. “And yet, here it is – and the process is so quick!”
UN Expert Asks South Africa to Tackle Crude Legacy of Environmental Racism and Toxic Exposure
Pretoria, South Africa// – South Africa must redouble its efforts to tackle the crude legacy of pre-1994 environmental racism, including the abhorrent practice of intentionally situating landfills and polluting industries along racial lines and in low-income and migrant communities, a UN expert said today.
FSD Africa Invests £10m in Nigeria’s Climate Infrastructure
London, United Kingdom// — FSD Africa Investments, in partnership with InfraCredit, have invested £10m into a first-of-its-kind risk-sharing backstop facility, designed to unlock local currency funding for sustainable infrastructure development in Nigeria.