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19 06 2023 | 08:01

Africa US$4 billion 900-mile oil pipeline creates climate dilemma, ‘highlights global inequality’

  Nelson Mugisha’s rural farming community near the shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert is lush and green – and woefully underdeveloped. Now, more than 15 years after oil was discovered in the area, a US…

17 06 2023 | 14:21

Met says Just Stop Oil protests have cost it more than £4.5m in six weeks

Police have said climate activists’ daily slow march protests through London have cost them millions of pounds and thousands of officer hours in the past six weeks. As MPs prepared on Monday to…

17 06 2023 | 14:15

My life and my home’: young people start to testify at historic US climate trial

The US’s first-ever trial in a constitutional climate lawsuit kicked off on Monday morning in a packed courtroom in Helena, Montana.

17 06 2023 | 13:40

They are overlooked by everybody’: elders in Ethiopia bear brunt of the climate crisis

With their cattle killed by five years of drought, and aid agencies focused on children and mothers, older people in the Horn of Africa are facing terrible malnutrition Global development is…

17 06 2023 | 13:39

West Africa: NGO Raises Alarm in Sahel As Conflict, Climate Change Claim More Victims

Radio France Internationale More than 16 million people affected by conflict and climate change in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian aid, according to an American NGO report published…

17 06 2023 | 13:10

Chinese green power executive arrested in Germany ahead of world's biggest solar event

A high-ranking executive of a Chinese solar panel maker was arrested on arrival at Munich airport in Germany accused of white-collar crime dating back several years to now-defunct EU trade measures…

17 06 2023 | 11:59

Turkmenistan moves towards plugging massive methane leaks

The president of Turkmenistan has launched two initiatives aimed at cutting the colossal leaks of methane from the country’s oil and gas industry. Success would represent a major achievement in…

17 06 2023 | 11:55

‘I’m a prisoner in my own home,’ asthma sufferer, 15, tells landmark US climate trial

  Mica, aged 15, learned about climate change at the young age of four, when his parents showed him the documentary Chasing Ice. “I understood it more than my parents thought I would,” he testified…

17 06 2023 | 11:34

Port Talbot: Tata boss calls for subsidies to be greener

The chairman of Tata Steel UK has called for a "level playing field" as it seeks UK government subsidies to decarbonise its Port Talbot steelworks. Henrik Adam said European competitors were…

17 06 2023 | 11:33

Namibia takes control of its resources as it bans the export of unprocessed vital mineral

Namibia's government prohibits the export of unprocessed lithium, and other rare earth minerals to capitalize on the rising demand for renewable energy technology metals.  The move aligns with…

17 06 2023 | 11:31

Startup Firm Leads Kenya Into World of High-Tech Manufacturing

NAIROBI, KENYA —  A three-year-old startup company is leading Kenya into the world of high-tech manufacturing, building a workforce capable of making semiconductors and nanotechnology products that…

17 06 2023 | 11:29

Rwanda: Kigali signs agreement to host African Medicines Agency

The Rwandan government and the African Union Commission (AUC) on Saturday concluded agreements for the establishment of the headquarters of the first ever African Medicines Agency in Kigali. On 10…

17 06 2023 | 11:27

India’s rising prominence in solar photovoltaic manufacturing

Since the early 2010s, China has been the world’s foremost photovoltaic (PV) equipment supplier. But, the dragon may no longer breathe easy, with India set to offer a stiff challenge to its dominance.

17 06 2023 | 11:26

Menengai Geothermal Power Project in Kenya Breaks Ground

The Deputy President (DP), Rigathi Gachagua has led the groundbreaking for the construction of the Menengai Geothermal Power Project in Nakuru County, Kenya. The project targets adding 35 Megawatt (…

17 06 2023 | 11:16

Construction of Africa’s first-of-a-kind digital village begins in Ratoma, Guinea

The construction of Africa’s first-of-a-kind digital village has begun in Ratoma, Guinea. Recently, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Kipé, within the premises of the Ratoma Vocational Training…

17 06 2023 | 11:09

SOMALIA: ATMIS to plant 30,000 trees to green the country by December 2024

As Somalia faces a devastating drought, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), the United Nations (UN) and the Somali federal government are launching a campaign to plant 30,000…

17 06 2023 | 11:08

RWANDA: a climate-smart farming solution in Musanze

While floods are destroying crops in Rwanda, a digital solution should help to improve farming practices and climate resilience in a number of towns, starting with Musanze, 98 kilometres from Kigali…

17 06 2023 | 11:06

Albin Lazare: “The environment and the SDGs are at the heart of city diplomacy”

Invited to the second International Economic day of Municipalities in Cameroon (JEICOM23), which closed on 3 June 2023 in Cameroon, the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) gave an…

17 06 2023 | 11:05

CENTRAL SAHEL: climate change affects more than 16 million people

In a report published on 6 June 2023, the American non-governmental organisation (NGO) International Rescue Committee (IRC) states that at least 16 million people are in need of humanitarian aid in…

17 06 2023 | 11:02

EGYPT: Petrotrade to manage oil waste from 2,400 companies and industries

In Egypt, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) has entrusted the management of petroleum and mineral oil waste from around 2,400 companies and industrial establishments to the…