Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Remedial measures beckon as global air quality declines

Mixed progress on air quality still falls far short of what is needed to save seven million lives each year As global air quality declines,...

Global focus on energy, climate change as AfDB takes stock

Heads of state and government, Economy Ministers, Bank Governors, development partners and delegates will on Monday in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, begin talks on...

AfDB approves 10-year New Deal on Energy for Africa

The Executive Boards of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday May 18, 2016 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire took a significant step towards...

Hydrogen cars show potential of zero carbon transport

Hydrogen-fuelled cars have been on display at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn (which ends on 26 May), as part of a...

France, Morocco climate champions prepare action plan towards COP22

France and Morocco's climate champions are preparing to lay out their strategy to help boost cooperative global action between governments, cities, business, investors and...

Mohammed: How environment, business can achieve green economy

“As we strive to green the economy, we must begin to reduce environmental degradation, pollution, and the effects of climate change.” Those were the promising...

IITA moves to save threatened tree species

For the past year, the Forest Unit of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has been restoring the Arboretum in the IITA-Ibadan campus in...

Poland rejects GMOs

Poland is the latest country to reject genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their food production, thus exercising a right granted to all EU member...

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TotalEnergies strikes new oil discovery offshore Congo

Energy major, TotalEnergies, has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery on the Moho license offshore the Republic of Congo, marking...
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Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction – IUCN

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of...

Ottmar Edenhofer re-elected Chair of EU climate advisory board

The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, which began its second four-year term at the end of March...

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TotalEnergies strikes new oil discovery offshore Congo

Energy major, TotalEnergies, has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery...

Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction – IUCN

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most...