Category: Environment & Sustainability

Accra, Ghana//-The Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer of MTN Ghana, Madam Adwoa Wife, has called on the government as a matter of urgency to set up a comprehensive national sustainability policy in the country.

Juba, South Sudan// — A new climate resilience schools programme launched in South Sudan will help more than 200,000 school children to get an education as the country battles repeated floods, droughts and heatwaves, Save the Children said. 

Belem, BRAZIL – Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious cycle of conflict and climate extremes, according to a new report released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia// — The African Union Commission (AUC), through its Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy, officially opened the Inaugural Africa Biodiversity Summit at the Royal Aria Convention Centre in Gaborone, Botswana.

London, Houston, Singapore// – Surging power demand and mounting geopolitical tensions have made 2050 net zero goals unattainable, with the world now on track for 2.6°C of global warming, according to Wood Mackenzie’s ‘Energy Transition Outlook 2025-2026‘ report.

Lagos, Nigeria// — Across Nigeria’s bustling cities and growing peri-urban communities, the signs of progress are everywhere – expanding markets, rising consumption, and a youthful population driving demand.

Washington D.C., United States of America// — The Congo Basin, home to the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, holds immense value for not only the six countries it spans, but for the planet.

London, United Kingdom// — Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a deliberate strategy to instil fear, suppress civic engagement and entrench power, Amnesty International said today in a briefing released ahead of the country’s general elections on 29 October.

Online supermarket shopping is fuelling Britain’s plastic waste crisis because packaging is less visible to consumers, according to new research from the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast//-As the European Union considers further delays to its anti-deforestation regulation, a new investigation in Liberia shows how the explosion of cocoa plantations is leading to rampant deforestation and promoting child labour.