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17 11 2021 | 14:07

PARIS REINFORCE at COP26!

Our project had the opportunity to attend this year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, UK.

17 11 2021 | 14:02

House sparrow population in Europe drops by 247m

New study reveals huge declines in once common species amounting to loss of one in six birds since 1980 There are 247m million fewer house sparrows in Europe than there were in 1980, and other once…

16 11 2021 | 11:52

EDF Group and AME finalise financing for Chile's largest solar plant

On 30 September, EDF Group and its Chilean partner AME, in a 50/50 joint venture, finalised the financing of Chile's largest solar plant with a capacity of 480 MW. With this project, which is…

16 11 2021 | 11:47

Gold Mining in Burkina Faso Becomes Increasingly Dangerous

  BOUSSÉ —  Terror attacks on gold mining operations in Burkina Faso are becoming a regular occurrence. For VOA, reporter Henry Wilkins looks at the impact the attacks are having on the lives of…

16 11 2021 | 11:39

Green Business College Tackles South Africa’s Hunger, Unemployment

JOHANNESBURG — Like many nations hit by COVID-19, South Africa has seen rising unemployment and hunger since the onset of the pandemic. One school - the Green Business College - is tackling those…

16 11 2021 | 11:37

Cop26 draft text annotated: what it says and what it means

Fiona Harvey dissects the wording of the draft version of the document The draft text is the most important document that will emerge from the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow. Unlike the last major…

16 11 2021 | 11:36

Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes

For 12 years Didier Ndabahariye has been ferrying passengers around the streets of Kigali - one of the thousands of motorbike taxi drivers, known locally as motos. Recently, he switched his usual…

16 11 2021 | 11:31

A wealth of sorrow: why Nigeria’s abundant oil reserves are really a curse

It is known as the resource curse: assets that should bring wealth and stability but instead lead to corruption and poverty. And for Nigeria, oil is the culprit In Nigeria, oil has been more of a…

16 11 2021 | 11:26

[PODCAST] Friends Or Foes ESG & The Mining Sector

Many mining and minerals businesses are already taking active steps on their ESG agenda; identifying their priorities and measuring their performance. But the real benefits come when you move beyond…

16 11 2021 | 11:16

Secretary-General's statement on the conclusion of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26

Let me begin by thanking our hosts —the UK government and the people of Glasgow — for their tremendous hospitality.

16 11 2021 | 11:15

Fossil fuel advertising in sport ‘the new cigarette sponsorship’, ex-Wallabies captain David Pocock says

Oil and gas companies are extending their presence in sport, from elite levels down to grassroots Days after flying into Glasgow to catch the opening of the Cop26 climate summit, Santos CEO Kevin…

16 11 2021 | 11:05

COP26 Reaches Consensus on Key Actions to Address Climate Change

Adaptation, mitigation and finance are all strengthened in a complex and delicate balance supported by all Parties. After six years of strenuous negotiations, pending items that prevented the full…

16 11 2021 | 10:58

COP26 Keeps 1.5c alive and finalises Paris Agreement.

COP26 ends with global agreement to accelerate action on climate this decade Two weeks of intense negotiations finally complete the Paris Rulebook  For the first time COP agrees position on…

16 11 2021 | 09:20

What is ‘loss and damage’ and why is it critical for success at Cop26?

Bitterly fought-over issue of compensation for poor countries could make or break ambitious climate deal. “Loss and damage” is the phrase for the destruction already being wreaked by the climate…

16 11 2021 | 09:16

Record rainfall prompts evacuations along the Pacific north-west

Communities in western Canada and Washington state forced to flee homes after record downpour leads to severe floods Communities in western Canada who were forced to flee their homes this summer by…

16 11 2021 | 08:50

What did Cop26 actually achieve? The hope and heartache from Glasgow – video explainer

The Guardian's Damian Carrington explains that in relative terms, the agreements and deals made by the 196 nations nudged the world a little closer towards the path to keeping global temperature…

16 11 2021 | 08:23

Greta Thunberg: ‘COP26 even watered down the blah, blah, blah’

Greta Thunberg says the outcome of COP26 is a disappointment as there is still no guarantee the planet's temperature rise will be limited to 1.5C. The climate campaigner told BBC Scotland: "They…

14 11 2021 | 09:26

Blue carbon: the hidden CO2 sink that pioneers say could save the planet

With the ocean seen as the key to keeping global heating to 1.5C, attention has turned to the vital but overlooked “big three” marine ecosystems – seagrass, mangroves and salt marshes Off the…