As load shedding continues to plague economic activities across Cameroon, Norwegian company Release by Scatec has reached an agreement with the authorities and utility Eneo to extend its solar power…
Rising sea levels, biodiversity collapse, extreme weather—these are the grisly horsemen of climate apocalypse. But don’t forget the fretting loan officers. A study published earlier this year found…
Senegal is preparing to launch a national fund to promote the green economy, which will invest in agriculture, waste management and biodiversity in order to reduce the environmental impact of…
In my opening speech I called the Paris Agreement the machinery for climate action. Together we make that machinery work.
But it’s a complex and interdependent machinery. We can’t just demand it do…
Hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are being forced to work as soldiers for increasingly powerful drug cartels to meet the continent’s soaring appetite for cocaine, a Guardian…
Located in the lush forest of the Congo Basin, the Dja Faunal Reserve (RFD) in south-east Cameroon is a vital ecological enclave shared between the administrative regions of East (80%) and South (20…
The European Union is set to generate millions of euros more from the high rejection rates of visa applications by African visitors with a new increase in non-refundable fees.
Citizens of the 26…
Sotipapier, the Tunisian supplier of corrugated base paper and kraft sack paper, has just completed the acquisition of a stake in the recycling company Eco-Gad, based in the Tunisian town of Sidi…
At their core, our climate actions are about improving the lives of people in Australia and around the world. Acting decisively now will allow us to modernise our economy, help our international…
Kenya Railways (KRC) and the World Bank are working together to modernise the East African country's rail network, with the electrification of suburban trains as the first step.
Kenya has embarked…
An initiative by the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) and the Virunga National Park has led to the planting of 1,500 hectares of trees in the province of North Kivu, which is…
While Britons don jumpers and complain about the unseasonable cold, much of the world has been reeling due to excessive temperatures. India has been in the grip of its longest heatwave in recorded…
Swiss company Candi Solar has raised $38 million. The aim is to supply solar energy to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Africa and India.
The $38 million financing was raised as…
You can see 119 wind turbines scattered across the landscape from the highest point on sheep grazier Brent Finlay’s southern Queensland property. Within a few months, there will be 162; within a…
Ivory Coast's Council of Ministers has just passed a law authorising a loan of 22.3 billion CFA francs (around €34 million) from the African Development Bank (BOAD) for the construction of a new…
Ghana has installed a huge solar energy array on the Bui reservoir, cutting land use and boosting renewable energy output. The project can also protect aquatic life from overheating.
The climate cost of the first two years of Russia’s war on Ukraine was greater than the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated individually by 175 countries, exacerbating the global climate…
As Maine regulators try to direct sprawling urban development away from “high-value agricultural soils”, they’re taking heat for singling out solar projects for special restrictions based on nothing…
As part of its Rhino Rewild initiative, African Parks has just reintroduced 120 southern white rhinos into the Great Kruger. This initiative is part of a vast programme to rewild 2,000 rhinos from a…
Alaska’s capital city is to limit the numbers of cruise ship passengers arriving at the port amid concerns over tourism’s growing impact, but a leading critic of the industry has said further…