Tag: natural resources
Maximizing revenues from natural resources could yield big fiscal and environmental dividends for Africa
In a time of energy transition and rising demand for metals and minerals, resource-rich governments in Sub-Saharan Africa have...
New wave European climate litigation aimed at stopping African energy projects
More than 600 million Africans lacked access to electricity before the pandemic, and it appears that this figure is...
Conflict and climate change in West Africa require solutions to restore people’s right to aid and protection
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is calling for innovative solutions to restore the right to aid and protection for...
Mainstreaming biodiversity in agriculture is key to sustainable agrifood systems in Zimbabwe
It is no longer possible to look at food, livelihoods, health and the management of natural resources separately. The agenda...
We can only deal with climate change if we work as a continent
Kenya's President William Ruto has said it is time for Africa to collectively tackle climate change. He said effective action...
New wave European climate litigation aimed at stopping African energy projects
More than 600 million Africans lacked access to electricity before the pandemic, and it appears that this figure is...
Project set to help Indo-Pacific region fight plastic pollution
The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), have extended...
Covid-19 and climate change: Working with communities and nature to build resilience in Africa
Farmer Ndaula Liwela, from Machita settlement in Namibia’s Zambezi province, points to the scattered flowers of a baobab tree...
People-centric green transformation can help reshape Gabon’s economic trajectory, World Bank reports say
Gabon can boost new sectors in the green economy to promote sustainable and resilient growth for all its people...
Covid-19 and climate change: Working with communities and nature to build resilience in Africa
Farmer Ndaula Liwela, from Machita settlement in Namibia’s Zambezi province, points to the scattered flowers of a baobab tree...
Great things expected from Africa’s new oil and gas economies in 2023
While the consensus opinion of the western elites may be that oil and gas is a dirty, outdated technology...
Without immediate climate action, UN warns of worsening conflict and displacement in the Sahel
Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement...