In Senegal, the Société des cultures légumières (SCL) based in the seaside town of Saint-Louis has just acquired a 604 kWp solar photovoltaic park to reduce its dependence on the electricity grid and…
Faced with 350 000 tons of household waste produced each year in Lomé, a project financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) is reconciling art and sanitation in Togo's largest city.
The fourth…
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), established decades ago to facilitate energy investments in Europe and Central Asia, is now being challenged and accused of protecting investments in fossil fuels.…
The state of Bayelsa, in south-eastern Nigeria, published a report on 16 May 2023 on the ravages of oil pollution in its territory. The region, which was once home to one of the world's largest…
Like many countries in Africa, Burkina Faso is facing water shortages. To improve this service linked to sanitation and hygiene by 2025, the country will need to mobilise funding of 852.74 billion…
The United Nations (UN) is placing the 2023 edition of World Biodiversity Day under the theme "From agreement to action: rebuilding biodiversity". It is an opportunity to reflect on biodiversity at a…
After having invested US$300 million from the World Bank in the extension of the port of Nampula, the State of Mozambique is in the midst of negotiations with Japan, which should soon install a…
As climate change demands more sustainable development, the E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund for Africa (E3LCEF) is raising $48.1 million to finance the next generation of low carbon entrepreneurs in…
Several international financial institutions are raising $123 million for the Kom Ombo solar power plant in Egypt. The park, which will have a capacity of 200 MWp, is being built by Saudi Arabian…
Horses have played a unique role in American history. They have helped us discover new lands, carried soldiers into battles, and plowed farmers’ fields.
Across the advertising industry, agencies are wrestling with their role in greenwashing scandals and their support for clients driving the climate and nature crises.
The UK could unlock £70bn every year by generating enough clean electricity to become a major exporter of energy to mainland Europe, according to a former government economist.
A new report has…
Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict.
Researchers say there's now a 66% chance we will pass the 1.5C global…
The Norwegian government is facing growing pressure to scale back its huge global fossil fuel expansion plans – including the development of a controversial new oilfield in the North Sea.
The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have warned.…
France will take part in the next gathering of the “renewables friendly” group of countries, the Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, said at a meeting of the “nuclear alliance” on…
Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle River in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces…