Environment
Beating plastic pollution
Historic day as countries commit to develop a legally binding agreement.
Environment
Seeking an ambitious global action to curb plastic pollution
An interview with Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme.
Climate Change
Road to COP27: Voices of change
Young Africans speak up on climate action
Health
Widespread use of DDT for malaria control worries environmentalist
Botswana researcher and member of the global DDT Expert Group, Prof Bontle Mbongwe, says decisions on use should be based on science.
Climate Change
Innovative financing needed to tackle climate change in Africa
Experts at Africa Climate Week 2021 discuss climate action for pandemic recovery.
Economic Development
Africa may not meet target on energy, says new UN Economic Commission for Africa report
$40 billion per year is needed to meet the continent's energy needs.
Sustainable development
Global roadmap to sustainable energy by 2030
Major commitments will be announced at Ministerial Forums on 21-25 June to accelerate access and transition to clean energy by 2030
Partnerships for Development
UN, Swiss government new financing model to tackle water and sanitation challenges in Sierra Leone
Project in the capital Freetown blends public and private financing, could be replicated in other African countries.
Economic Development
Sierra Leone: Innovative water project will improve lives of Freetown residents
Mayor Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown says the newly launched Freetown-Blue Peace water project will significantly improve the living conditions of city dwellers and the socio-economic situation of especially market women.
Health
South Sudan: Improving access to clean water for communities
In Maridi, clean water frees up women’s time and improves community health.
Climate Change
Push for renewables: How Africa is building a different energy pathway
Countries accelerate use of renewable energy and are leading energy transition efforts.
Climate Change
How sea cucumbers are boosting the bioeconomy in Zanzibar
Offering alternative livelihoods, sea cucumbers provide new hope
News
Our water, our future
How women are pushing national change in one of Africa’s smallest nations.
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Environment
Paris Agreement on climate change: One year later, how is Africa faring?
Several African countries have begun implementing climate resilience activities
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Environment
Paris Agreement on climate change: One year later, how is Africa faring?
Several African countries have begun implementing climate resilience activities
Water
How South Sudan’s ‘lost boy’ brought water to his village
Salva Dut, a former refugee, has helped drill 300 boreholes in his country
Also
Slippery justice for victims of oil spills
Nigerian villagers lose lawsuit against an oil giant
Web Feature
Desertification a threat to Africa’s development
Exclusive interview with Luc Gnacadja, head of UN desertification convention
‘We need a sustainable path for our future’
Interview with Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International
Also
‘Green economy’: empty rhetoric or pathway to future?
At Rio summit, African delegates are skeptical of the benefits
Also
Rio summit keeps African hopes alive
Some gains, plus commitments to future sustainable development talks
Sustainable development
Full steam ahead to sustainable energy
Tapping geothermal power in Kenya’s Rift Valley
Sustainable development
Power from the wind in South Africa
Turbines generate hope for clean energy
Sustainable development
Africa’s vanishing Lake Chad
Action needed to counter an “ecological catastrophe”
Sustainable development
Community radio gives voice to shack dwellers
With new outlet, Korogocho residents push for reforms
Sustainable development
Towards African cities without slums
Governments set course towards improving poor urban areas
Sustainable development
For sustainable cities, Africa needs planning
Interview with UN-Habitat’s Joan Clos
Sustainable development
‘Only our collective voice will be heard’
Interview with Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International
Cover Story
To Rio and beyond: Africa seeks sustainable solutions
Paving the path to “the future we want”
Also
Saving Africa’s forests, the ‘lungs of the world’
Forest conservation can help counter climate change
Cover Story
Climate change: Africa gets ready
Planning how to deal with higher temperatures, shifting weather
NEPAD in action
Water betters lives in Tanzania
Access to clean water critical to NEPAD development goals
Also
Africa starts a fishing ‘revolution’
NEPAD plan promotes poverty reduction, food security and environmental sustainability
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Getting to the heart of the matter
An interview with Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai
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