Global think-tank the Legatum Institute has published a new report outlining a framework for national transformation designed to help leaders as they make decisions to guide their nation on a development pathway.
Category: Environment & Sustainability
Ghana: EU Launches Green and Healthy Together Campaign for Schools
Accra, Ghana//-The European Union (EU) Delegation to Ghana has launched an initiative dubbed Green and Healthy Together Campaign project in some scores of schools in the country.
Kenya Still at Risk Despite UN Plastics Nod
Nairobi, Kenya//- In the lead up to the UN summit being held in Nairobi, UNEP (https://bit.ly/2ZIpPtG) has named Kenya as an emerging leader in the fight against plastic pollution and among the first countries in East Africa to sign the Clean Seas initiative (www.CleanSeas.org).
Time to Protect Ghana’s Forests From Depletion Is Now!
By Kwabena Adu Koranteng, News Editor of New Crusading Guide Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s forest reserves are fast depleting due to the increasing activities of mining companies and illegal mining operators.
Why Climate Change Vulnerability Is Bad for Sovereign Credit Ratings
Climate change has made the world a riskier place.
EIU Report Calls For More Diverse Hygiene Research
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published a report entitled ‘A life-course approach to hygiene: understanding burden and behavioural changes’.
Wastewater Management Benchmark Tool Highlights Opportunities to Boost Health, Economic Growth
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – The African Development Bank, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal have released the inaugural Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa, a tool to benchmark and propel Africa’s progress towards Sustainable Development Goals on safe sanitation and wastewater management.
A Blueprint for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets to Meet the Climate Challenge
More and more companies are pledging to help stop climate change by reducing their own greenhouse-gas emissions as much as they can.
Water Sachet Use in Ghana: How to Stop the Pollution
One of the destructive environmental challenges on the earth that destroys its natural resources at an alarming rate in this 21st Century is plastic pollution.
Coronavirus in Africa Could Reverse 30 Years of Wildlife Conservation Gains
For wild animals in Africa on the verge of extinction and the tight knit communities who protect them, COVID-19 is a specter, disrupting a delicate balancing act of survival for both humans and endangered species.