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Desertification a threat to Africa’s development
2 Oct 2012Arable land is vital for Africa, both as a key asset for farmers and, together with vegetation, to help store carbon that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere and contribute to climate...
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‘We need a sustainable path for our future’
Greenpeace is one of the world’s foremost environmental advocacy groups. In advance of the June...
‘Green economy’: empty rhetoric or pathway to future?
Solar panels in Mali: More African countries are moving towards use of clean energy sources....
Rio summit keeps African hopes alive
Tree nursery in Ghana: Participants at the Rio summit pledged to plant 100 million trees by 2017....
Full steam ahead to sustainable energy
Steam venting from beneath Kenya’s Rift Valley: Geothermal power may eventually supply a quarter...
Power from the wind in South Africa
Turbines at the Darling Wind Farm in South Africa.Photograph: Liane Greeff
Africa’s vanishing Lake Chad
Passengers in Nigeria taking ferries to cross Lake Chad, whose shoreline is receding because the...
Community radio gives voice to shack dwellers
Presenters at the studio of Koch FM, Kenya's first licensed community radio station. Photograph:...
Towards African cities without slums
Poor district in Algeria’s capital, Algiers. Most North African countries have made progress in...
For sustainable cities, Africa needs planning
Joan Clos, executive director of UN-Habitat, visiting the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya.Photograph...
‘Only our collective voice will be heard’
Kumi Naidoo, fighting for the environment, development and people’s empowerment.Photograph:...
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