South Africa will fall short of its 2030 carbon emissions targets set by the Paris climate agreement, according to three senior government officials.
The country, ranking 11th globally in greenhouse…
Libya’s city of Derna was already host to migrants – its floods have now created a new generation of climate refugees.
Often, in the middle of the night, Khadijah can hear screaming.
Delegates in Nairobi mulling two options: a wide-ranging strategy that would target plastics production or a limited approach focussed on waste management.
International delegates have convened in…
The global clean energy transition could be a game changer for Africa, but exploitation of miners continues as many foreign mining companies ignore local opposition.
On a Sunday afternoon in March…
German carmaker BMW said Sunday it is seeking clarity on operations at a Moroccan cobalt mine following a newspaper report citing irregularities that breach labor and environmental laws.
BMW has…
Government sets up national holiday in hope of planting 15bn trees by 2032 to tackle climate crisis and deforestation
Geoffrey Mosoku and his two daughters have been digging a seedling deep into the…
On Monday, Kenya’s inaugural tree-planting holiday saw millions of trees planted, with the goal set at 500 million seedlings.
The current regime has an ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees in 10…
A World Bank-backed project has been criticised by rice farmers for high costs and poor returns. Can its proposed second phase salvage things?
Trần Thanh Bảy, a 65-year-old farmer in southern…
One of the most dangerous countries for environmental defenders, the Philippines is seeing a concerning fall in interest for forestry training.
Forester Nick Manlisis recalls an incident in 2015,…
Communities impacted by a multi-billion-dollar climate deal to help Indonesia shift from polluting coal power to renewable energy are at risk of losing out because they have had limited involvement…
Typhoon Haiyan survivors demand climate justice ten years on
As global negotiations on loss and damage concluded their final meeting before COP28, those left behind from the Philippines’ deadliest…
As officials prepare to gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the third stage of talks on a UN plastic pollution treaty, new photos show the scale of the waste problem less than 8 miles from the UN…
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