Yearly Archives: 2016

South Africa’s top five retailers committed to renewable energy vision, says Greenpeace

South Africa’s top five retailers (Pick n Pay, Massmart, Spar, Woolworths and Shoprite) have a major role to play in shaping sustainable growth in...

Nigeria seeks UN Environment Assembly vice-presidency

Nigeria's aspiration for the vice presidency of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) received a major boost on Monday as the sixth session of...

Railway route through Nairobi National Park abandoned

While controversy rages in Nigeria over the proposed construction of a Cross River State-sponsored 260km, six-lane highway that threatens a pristine community forest as...

Fresh campaign for stronger global carbon pricing

There is growing global momentum to put a price on carbon pollution. About 40 national and 23 subnational governments have put in place carbon...

Why Nigeria will not endorse Paris Agreement on 22 April

There are indications that Nigeria will not participate in the Signature Ceremony of the Paris Agreement scheduled to hold this week in New York....

Norway’s SWF drops 52 firms with ties to coal

Norway’s $860 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has unveiled the first list of miners and power producers to be excluded from its portfolio following...

Don’t sign the Paris Agreement

Of what use is it for poor nations to sign up to an agreement will add up to nothing? What would Nigeria or Africa...

Activists want Africa to decentralise renewable energy initiatives

African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for the need to decentralise renewable energy and make it people centred. The CSOs echoed their voices over...

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Mother Earth Day: Five ways to save the environment – UNEP

It is easy to get discouraged by the state of the planet.   Humanity is breaking all the wrong records on global warming. Fragile...
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Efforts to eliminate hepatitis delivers gains ahead 2030 targets – WHO

Global efforts to combat viral hepatitis are delivering measurable progress in reducing infections and deaths, but the disease remains...

Santa Marta: Indigenous peoples, feminist movements demand a just, rights-based energy transition

As global leaders gather for the First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, Indigenous Peoples...

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Mother Earth Day: Five ways to save the environment – UNEP

It is easy to get discouraged by the state...

Efforts to eliminate hepatitis delivers gains ahead 2030 targets – WHO

Global efforts to combat viral hepatitis are delivering measurable...