Criticism at Davos for big companies that, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own science
The head of the United Nations has accused the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies of…
For the recent years, the world has experienced extreme weather events evidenced by hurricanes in the northern part of the world, extreme heat waves up to 45 degrees Celsius and more, cold scaps with…
The Opec Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved loans totalling $500 million for several countries around the world, including a large part in Africa.
Two researchers from the European Union's Joint Research Centre (JRC) believe that the consequences of climate change on biodiversity have been largely underestimated. According to a study published…
The Tunisian government is simultaneously launching three calls for tender for the development of several renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of 1,600 MW.
In Algeria, the National Sanitation Office (ONA) has announced a hydraulic project in response to water stress. It involves the construction of 16 new wastewater treatment plants. The wastewater…
Tunisia is receiving €285 million in financing from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the European Union (EU) to accelerate water and sanitation projects. The financing, consisting of…
The Belgian company John Cockerill has announced the formation of a joint venture with a Moroccan company with the aim of investing in the development of the nascent green hydrogen industry in…
While Saint-Louis is confronted with floods during the rainy season, the Senegalese authorities want to recruit a consulting firm to launch the second phase of the Rainwater Management and Climate…
Graine de Vie, one of the main reforestation non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Madagascar, has announced the reduction of all its projects on the island by one third. The measure aims to…
ALGERIA: An alliance between the AND and Cerefe to convert waste into biogas
Algeria wants to accelerate the energy recovery of solid waste. The country wants to strengthen this practice to reduce…
The Kenyan government has signed a €20 million (approximately 2.7 billion Kenyan shillings) financing agreement with Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the German development agency. The loan…
Egyptian company KarmSolar has secured $3 million in debt financing from the Egyptian subsidiary of UK commercial bank HSBC. The funding will enable the construction of a hybrid solar power plant…
The company Hygiène et salubrité du Cameroun (Hysacam) is no longer responsible for the collection and transportation of household waste in the Yaoundé 3 district, according to a press release issued…
The energy company Ncondezi Energy has obtained 950 hectares of land for the implementation of its solar project in the Tete province of Mozambique. Its park will have a capacity of 300 MWp, making…
"Generation Green: for sustainable food sovereignty". This is the theme of the 15th edition of the International Agricultural Show in Morocco (SIAM) which will open on 2 May 2023 in the northern…
The Nairobi County Government in Kenya has announced that it will raise $137 million in green bonds from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA). The funding will improve water management and reduce…
Danone, the French yoghurt and bottled water company, is being taken to court by three environmental groups who accuse it of failing to sufficiently reduce its plastic footprint. EURACTIV’s media…
An agreement to establish a large marine protected area in the Mediterranean is in the pipeline between Italy, France, Spain, and Cyprus to meet EU targets on the protection of the sea and…
Continuum, which is already present in Denmark and the UK, plans to build six factories, the first of which will be in Esbjerg and is expected to be operational by the end of 2024, followed by a…