GroundUp Residents say water tanks and trucks are insufficient after the municipality cut their illegal connections Read More AllAfrica News: Environment
Continue ReadingNile Post A severe water shortage has crippled Uganda’s Parliament, forcing the closure of all toilets and suspension of most committee meetings. Read More AllAfrica News: Environment
Continue ReadingNew Times The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, has once again brought the world’s attention to the urgent need for decisive action on climate change. As nations gather to discuss the future of our planet, African leaders, particularly Rwanda’s representatives, brought a powerful message to the table: Africa is not just a victim of …
Continue ReadingNew Times As climate impacts intensify and hit the world’s poorest, the Adaptation Gap Report 2024 has found that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts to curb devastating floods, longer-lasting droughts, extreme heat and others. Read More AllAfrica News: Environment
Continue ReadingLeadership The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene has advocated accessible and equitable policies, including tax holidays and vocational grants to empower youth in renewable energy in African nations, especially in Nigeria. Read More AllAfrica News: Environment
Continue ReadingCapital FM COP29 in Baku has marked a historic step forward with the establishment of a global carbon market under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. Read More AllAfrica News: Environment
Continue ReadingRead Time: 8 minutes For World Toilet Day, our community journalists, Molefi Sompane, Montsho Motlale and Sandile Mbili visited 31 primary health facilities and spoke to 313 patients across the Free State, Limpopo and KwaZulu Natal, assessing the state of sanitation. We’ve chosen to use pictures which won’t make readers queasy. This story was made possible with funding from OpenUp …
Continue ReadingAfrican Arguments Negotiators and activists from Africa say there has been very little positive progress at COP29 as well as a worrying focus on false solutions. Read More AllAfrica News: Environment
Continue ReadingUN News As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to “cut the theatrics,” get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate countries for climate-driven damages and pay for a clean-energy transition. Read More AllAfrica News: Environment
Continue ReadingThe Conversation Africa Mention the word “fossils” to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too – for instance, their tracks. The study of these fossil tracks and traces is called ichnology. Read More …
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