With the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Mozambique is seeking a consultant for the studies of a battery electricity storage project and a pumped-storage…
The World Bank is approving a $246 million loan to The Gambia, Ghana and Guinea-Bissau. The funds are for the implementation of the second phase of the West African Coastal Resilience Investment…
In Algeria, the transit station for household waste at Ain Smara has a new sorting centre. The facility was recently inaugurated by the Algerian Minister of the Environment and Renewable Energies,…
Zimbabwe's parliament has approved a budget of Z$77.3 billion (over US$213 million) for drinking water and irrigation in 2023. The budget will allow the government of the East African country to…
Morocco's 2020-2030 reforestation strategy is one of three projects for which Canada has just granted an additional $255 million in funding. The announcement was made on 16 December 2022 during the…
In Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of the Republic of Congo, located in the extreme south of the country, 35,000 children were made aware of environmental protection in 2022. This is the result…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing €3.73 million in financing to Togo. The funding will enable the Togolese government to prepare the implementation of a project to electrify 317…
The Nordic Development Fund (NDF) has announced a €10 million investment in the Urban and Municipal Development Fund (UMDF). This financing mechanism of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group…
On the sidelines of the 15th Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (COP15) which closed on 19 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, the Gabonese government signed a partnership agreement with The…
The Ugandan government is inaugurating a new drinking water supply system in the town of Kagadi, in western Uganda. The new facilities benefit 150,000 people.
The new drinking water supply system…
Dr Mark Diesendorf questions the claim that nuclear fusion is safe and clean, while Dr Chris Cragg suspects true fusion power is a long way off. Plus letters from Dick Willis and Martin O’Donovan
Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, is about to become its own power station, with solar energy for 30 homes. Now the artists responsible want us all to change how we heat our homes
António Guterres announces a climate ambition summit to confront ‘existential threat’ facing the planet
The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “gasping for breath”, the UN secretary general…
Agreement on ’30 by 30’ target forced through by Chinese president, ignoring objections from African states
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Energy minister Chris Bowen says the batteries – shared between four states – will increase capacity tenfold to help stabilise the grid
Eight large batteries to store renewable energy will be built…