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Nile Media Debates: Getting Sudan in the Picture

May 11, 2018

EMANUELE FANTINI · May 11, 2018 May 3rd, World Press Freedom Day was celebrated all around the world. Two special – and personal – mentions: the first one for my colleague Iginio Gagliardone (University of Wits, Johannesburg), lead researchers with Nicole Streamlau (University of Oxford) and Monroe Price (University of Pennsylvania), of the UNESCO report World Trends […]

Civil Societies Want Big Polluters Kicked Out of Climate Policy

May 4, 2018

PAMACC News Agency May 4, 2018 The demand to tackle conflict of interest within the UNFCCC has over the years been raised by several actors including governments and civil society. However, to date, progress has been slow, notably, due to some cozy relationships formed between politics and the fossil fuel sector lobbyists. It is for […]

African Leaders Losing Faith in Global Climate Change Financing Discussions

May 4, 2018

PAMACC News Agency May 4, 2018 Africa continues to suffer enormous social and economic losses in billions of dollars as a result of climate change impacts. A vulnerable continent that is burning and flooding at the same time needs finance to be able to achieve mitigation, adaptation and technology goals. But without a clear roadmap […]

UN Climate Change Negotiations Kicked Off

April 30, 2018

WJA Reporter April 30, 2018 The UN climate change negotiations have kicked off today in Bonn, Germany. The negotiations that will take place from 30 April to10 May 2018, come at a critical time as countries work to finalise the rules and processes to operationalise the Paris Agreement, while the impacts of climate change continue […]

Ghana: Apathy Fails Nature Based Solutions for Water Challenges

April 30, 2018

Ama Kudom-Agyemang April 30, 2018 Water experts agree that “21st century water challenges” especially that of meeting the increasing global demand for water due to population growth, can be addressed through nature based solutions (NBS). These solutions include the proper management and protection of freshwater ecosystems such as wetlands, floodplains and forests around the heads […]

New Study Reveals Threats and Climate Adaptation Opportunities in Kenya’s Arid Lands

April 13, 2018

PAMACC News Agency April 13, 2018 A team of scientists from the Kenya Markets Trust (KMT) on April 11, 2018 shared all the key research findings of four different thematic studies conducted in Kenya under the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies (PRISE) project. “The Kenya government is now focusing on the “Big Four” agenda […]

Nairobi Might Head the Cape Town Way, Says Assessment by Down To Earth Magazine

March 21, 2018

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) March 21, 2018 Warning bells have been sounded by Down To Earth, the magazine that Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) helps publish, on this year’s World Water Day (today) – many of the world’s leading cities will see Cape Town-like water crisis in the not too distant future. […]

Coming into Force of Global Biosafety Instruments Excites IPBES Vice-Chair

March 21, 2018

Ama Kudom-Agyemang March 21, 2018 The Ghana based Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Prof. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah has welcomed the coming into force of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. He said “the coming into force of […]

World Water Day: Nigeria Faces a Major Water Crisis

March 21, 2018

PAMACC News Agency March 21, 2018 Between February and March 2017, three students of Queens College Lagos; Vivian Osuinyi, Bithia Itula and Praise Sodipo, died from consuming water from a contaminated water tank in the school. The story made headlines as a result of the magnitude of the issue and the effect of negligence on […]

World Water Day: School Children in Ghana Monitor Water Quality as Part of 2018 World Water Day Celebration

March 21, 2018

Ama Kudom-Agyemang March 21, 2018 Every March 22, the international community celebrates World Water Day. This year’s theme is “Nature for Water.” The aim is to demonstrate the potential of nature-based solutions for water and how they can be considered for water management policy and practice. All over the world, preparations have been on-going for […]

Fighting Corruption in Forest Conservation: Kenya’s Multi-Stakeholder Task Force

Psamson Nzioki January 28, 2018 Corruption and climate change are arguably the defining challenges facing the world today. Both problems – and their solutions – are interlinked. In particular, corruption is one of the driving forces behind deforestation and forest degradation, a major cause of climate change (according to the UN, deforestation and forest degradation …
Tribute to Kanyonyi from Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka December 19, 2017 Dear Friends It is with great sadness to inform you about the loss of one of my favorite gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Kanyonyi, the lead silverback of Mubare group who died on Friday night of 8th December 2017. Kanyonyi first fell off a tree, but while he …
Opinion Piece: The World without Beans

Dr. Robin Buruchara, Director of the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) February 06, 2017 I, like millions of others in Africa, can’t imagine what it would be like to live without beans. Venture onto any small farm in Uganda at meal time, and I can guarantee you that you will find beans on your plate. …

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