Τα 30 νησιά και νησιωτικά συμπλέγματα που πρόκειται να πετύχουν πλήρη ενεργειακή ανεξαρτησία έως το 2030, επιβεβαίωσε η Κομισιόν. Πρόκειται για νησιά από 10 κράτη μέλη, τα οποία στο πλαίσιο της…
The fund designed to finance climate "loss and damage" in vulnerable countries was adopted on Thursday 30 November 2023, on the first day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)…
As vice-president Tiémoko Meyliet Koné represents Ivory Coast at COP28, which opened in Dubai on Thursday 30 November 2023, a World Bank report makes it clear that the West African country is not…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing around €43 million to improve access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Burkina Faso. The financing approved on 21 November 2023 will…
The development of sustainable agriculture is one of the solutions to climate change in Morocco. This practice is supported by French Development Agency (AFD), which has just granted an €80 million…
In South Africa, the city of Cape Town is embarking on the extension of nine nature reserves and the creation of six new ones, with the aim of enhancing their ecological functions. The initiative…
Climate change is reducing the snowpack the mythic predators depend on for their dens, but resistance from resource extraction and recreation interests delayed Endangered Species Act protection.…
As food and agriculture take center stage, industry groups plan a full-on campaign to downplay the carbon impacts of meat and dairy.
By the end of the United Nations annual climate conference, going…
Sandy Pouncey survived a 2019 tornado that killed 23. Cut off from access to her storm shelter, she’s afraid of the sound of thunder.
BEAUREGARD, Ala.—She lay in the bathtub as her home shook around…
President Biden skipped the U.N. summit to campaign back home on clean energy investments, while Republicans called for more fossil fuels, even as U.S. oil production hits record highs.
President…
This year’s U.N. climate summit could be an especially important one as carbon emissions continue to reach historic highs, bringing the planet closer to critical tipping points.
More than 70,000…
A novel program reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust water system.
In recent decades, as water has grown increasingly precious…
In an open letter to African heads of state and government, scientists have denounced a new scramble for oil, gas and coal on the continent, led by former colonial and neo-colonial powers.
Between 2024 and 2030, Germany will provide €4 billion to finance the development of green energy in the 13 African countries that are members of the "Compact with Africa" initiative launched by the…
As COP28 approaches, underlining the global climate emergency, Egypt is taking an important step towards reducing the environmental impact of network towers. Since January 2023, Telecom Egypt has…
Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Morocco, Ethiopia... these African countries have put several satellites into Earth orbit in recent years. For Tidiane Ouattara, the space sector is set…
In this exclusive interview, on the eve of COP28, Stéphane Crouzat, the French chief negotiator, discusses crucial issues: fossil fuel management, the specific needs of Africa in the face of climate…
COP28 opens this Thursday 30 November in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). On the sidelines of this major event, Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, the Climate Ambassador for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) organised a large-scale ivory destruction operation on 28 November 2023. The operation, carried out in the…
The 28th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28) opens on 30 November 2023 in Dubai, with climate change mitigation and adaptation on the agenda. Africa remains the…