Yearly Archives: 2016

Africa lights way to climate action as Marrakech talks begin

Delegates from 196 countries on Monday held up solar lanterns in a show of solidarity symbolising the transformation to clean technology which is essential to...

Inclusiveness, transparency will be our virtue, says COP22 president

COP22 President, Salaheddine Mezouar, has promised that the Moroccan COP Presidency will be one focused on inclusiveness and transparency. Mezouar, who made the submission on...

Marrakech heralds new dawn of climate action

The UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech kicked off on Monday (November 7, 2016), just three days after the Paris Climate Change Agreement entered...

Morocco assumes presidency as COP22 opens in Marrakech

The 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) and the 12th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting...

Rights commission demands freeze on agribusiness concessions

After a week of field investigations and discussions, the 6th Regional Conference on Human Rights and Agribusiness that held recently in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia issued...

Oilwatch flays Paris Agreement, tags pact ‘petrol-coated’

As the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gets underway at...

Solar boosts health, businesses in insurgency-hit Adamawa communities

Health, education, social interaction and business ventures are being boosted in insurgency-ravaged rural communities in Hong Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State in...

Research into river basins, dams’ state underscored

The Population Health Environment Ethiopia Consortium (PHEE), in collaboration with Jimma University and Health Bureau of Oromia, has conducted a workshop on linkages of...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...