SENEGAL: The KMS3 drinking water plant now serves 13 additional villages
The National Water Company of Senegal (SONES) is connecting 13 villages in the rural community of Notto Diobass to the new Keur Momar Sarr drinking water plant (KMS 3).
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Heatwave: Are wildfires happening more often?
Thousands of people have had to flee wildfires in France, Portugal and Spain. Fires are also burning in Alaska, north of the Arctic circle, and across northern Canada, and it's not long since smoke from burning forests in Argentina blotted out the daylight in the capital of Paraguay.
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AFRICA: AFD trains 29 young people in sustainable development practices
The French Development Agency (AFD) is training a new cohort of 29 young Africans in sustainable development skills as part of its "Lead Campus: sustainable leadership in Africa" program.
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AFRICA: Indigenous peoples depend on 50,000 threatened species (IPBES)
In its report "Sustainable Use of Wildlife" published on 8 July 2022, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) makes a general observation. Humanity's survival depends on 50,000 wild species.
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AFRICA: 2022 ‘Franco-Fil’ competition accelerates on the SDGs
The French-based Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale (SEIN) and the Conférence permanente des chambres consulaires africaines et francophones (CPCCAF) are launching a call for projects focusing on sustainable development as part of the "Franco-Fil" 2022 comp
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GAMBIA: FAO installs 34 solar irrigation systems for 6 600 farmers
As climatic hazards take their toll on the arid rural areas of The Gambia, 34 solar irrigation systems will contribute to the resilience of 6 600 local farmers.
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AFRICA: AfDB pushes for SDRs for climate resilience
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is taking steps to strengthen climate finance in Africa.
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BURKINA FASO: The Nagréongo solar power plant is commissioned as a PPP project
The government of Burkina Faso is inaugurating the Nagréongo photovoltaic solar power plant.
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SENEGAL: Gauff trains 247 youths in the installation of solar photovoltaic systems
As part of the project to electrify 300 villages in Senegal, the Senegalese subsidiary of the German consulting group Gauff Engineering is training 247 young people in the installation of solar photovoltaic systems.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Solarcentury joins forces with RESA and Checunda for a 100 MWp solar park
Solar energy provider Solarcentury Africa has signed an agreement with Renewable Energy Services Africa (RESA) and Checunda Investimentos to build a 100 MWp solar PV plant in Chimuara.
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SOUTH AFRICA: CFA launches call for low-carbon projects
As part of the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) programme, the British High Commission in South Africa is launching a call for low-carbon projects that contribute to climate change mitigation and finance.
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Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up
Sleeping at the height of summer can sometimes feel impossible.
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World Meteorological Organization head uses tie to illustrate global warming – video
The head of the World Meteorological Organization, Petteri Taalas, used his tie to illustrate the way global temperatures have increased over the last 150 years. Taalas held his tie up during the press conference when asked about appropriate clothing in hot conditions.
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Hydrogen ‘twice as powerful a greenhouse gas as previously thought’: UK government study
A study released on Friday by the UK government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has found that hydrogen is twice as powerful a greenhouse gas as previously thought.
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The Guardian view on public attitudes to the climate crisis: burning for change
Will the heatwave change anything? As predicted, British temperature records were shattered on Tuesday with 40.3C recorded in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
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Old cars forced off road as Europe’s clean air zones nearly double
The number of clean air zones across Europe has risen 40% since 2019, forcing older and more polluting vehicles off the road, according to
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UK people of colour four times more likely to live in areas ‘at higher risk from heatwaves’
People of colour are four times more likely to live in areas at high risk from heatwaves in the UK as the climate heats up, according to experts.
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Offshore fish farms: a new wave of food production … or the ‘wild west’ of ocean pollution?
The enclosures stretch the length of an Olympic-size swimming pool, but from above they appear as floating dots scattered across the ocean. Inside, fish mill about as the submerged pens sway to the currents of the open sea.
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XR protesters smash windows of News UK over coverage of Britain’s heatwave.
Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis.
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Australia wind power hits record 7.1 gigawatts over weekend
Wind power set a new output record on Saturday evening, reaching 7,111MW – the first time it has been over 7,000MW – a welcome respite for most state grids from the growing pressures of costly fossil fuel generation.
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