Climate Change Job Vacancies Update - 27 May 2022
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Registration Opens for LAC Climate Week 2022 in Santo Domingo in July
UN Climate Change News, 31 May 2022 – Registration is now open for this year’s Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2022 (LACCW 2022), to be held from 18-22 July in Santo Domingo, hosted by the Government of the Dominican Republic.
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EGYPT: CBE lends $162m to ABE for modern irrigation in 2 governorates
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is providing a loan of 3 billion Egyptian pounds (over $162 million) to the Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE).
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SOUTH AFRICA: HydroNET, a center to streamline water management
South Africa's Department of Water and Sanitation is opening a water control room in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province.
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TUNISIA: In Makthar, Kumulus Water cools air to provide water to 570 schoolchildren
The Tunisian start-up Kumulus Water, which specialises in hydrological engineering, has just designed solar-powered water generators.
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MOROCCO: Casablanca obtains land for municipal waste treatment
In Morocco, the port city of Casablanca will set up a landfill with a waste recovery and sorting centre on a 260-hectare plot of land being acquired by the municipal authorities.
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AFRICA: Overexploitation of sand degrades coasts and aquatic biodiversity
Sand must be recognized as a strategic resource.
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COP15: Economic interests behind massive deforestation in Ivory Coast
While agriculture accounts for at least 25% of gross domestic product (GDP) and 75% of exports in Ivory Coast, this sector is also one of the main drivers of deforestation in this West African country, which has lost 90% of its forest cover in 60 years.
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AFRICA: UN plan to accelerate access to clean energy by 2025
The United Nations (UN) has announced a new plan to accelerate the transition to renewable energy in the least developed countries, particularly in Africa.
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Africa accounts for 70% of the world’s $1 trillion mobile money market
Africa now accounts for 70% of the world’s $1 trillion mobile money value.
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Kenya on course to achieving 100% clean energy by 2030
The government in Kenya is hopeful it will reach 100% clean energy by 2030 according to their Energy Principal Secretary.
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AFRICA: in 7 years, REPP has financed access to electricity for one million people
The Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) has reached the milestone of one million people electrified through its funding in Africa.
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Uganda one step closer to nuclear power plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has submitted its final report to the government of Uganda meaning the country is one step closer to realising its nuclear power goals.
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Cape Verde’s recycling initiatives face off against global trash
Mindelo, Cape Verde – When the 35 teachers at the Escola de Alto Peixinho high school on the island of Santo Antão gathered there in early March, they were there for a bit of a role-reversal.
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What ‘greenwashing’ is (and how to spot it)
What ‘greenwashing’ is (and how to spot it) Greenwashing isn’t about getting your dishes clean using the least amoun
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EU committed to support Kenya's green transition
It is Europe Day again, the day that marks the origins of the European Union as a project for peace in Europe.
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US seeks African partnerships on climate change, health
The US is seeking to create more “mutually beneficial” partnerships with African countries in addressing climate change, health and economic growth, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment Jose Fernandez has said.
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Boost for Africa as ten cities sign agreement to improve air quality
Ten mayors and governors of ten major African cities made an ambitious commitment to improve air quality by signing the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration.
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Africa Can’t Carry The Burden Alone−President Kagame On Climate Change
President Paul Kagame on Tuesday said that Africa cannot carry the burden alone on creating global warming because its emissions did not create a climate emergency and thus, developed countries must support climate adaptation in line with international agreements.
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Extinction Rebellion disrupt Africa Oil Conference in Mayfair
On Tuesday May 17 at around 8am, a coalition of groups including Extinction Rebellion Africa, Sustaining the Wild Coast, StopEACOP, Africans Rising, The Green Connection, Oceans Not Oil, Jubilee for Climate, 350.org and Greenpeace disrupted the Africa Energies Summit, a high-level conference atte
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