News Release A book published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of local communities. The book show how the linear systems that shape our world are flawed as they assume a […]
New Report Launched as Caravan of Hope Sets Off Through Southern Africa to UN Climate Summit in Durban Report at this link: http://www.christianaid.org.uk/low-carbon-africa Sub-Saharan Africa has massive potential to generate clean energy that could help lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty without exacerbating climate change, a new Christian Aid report says […]
Key speakers at the United Nations conference in the Republic of Korea on combating desertification today stressed that restoring degraded lands is crucial to addressing some global challenges, including poverty, food scarcity and the loss of the world’s biodiversity. “If we protect, restore and manage land and soils we can tackle many challenges simultaneously, such […]
News Release: A growing focus on national and international security challenges posed by climate change could detract attention from the root causes of the problem, the needs of the most vulnerable people and the search for appropriate solutions. Corinne Schoch, a researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development explains why in an opinion […]
Members of parliament from disaster hit areas have warned of a looming famine in areas affected by heavy rain. The mps who included the mp for Dodoth north county Samson Lokeris, mp for Labwor county in Abim ditrict Micheal Ayepa and the woman mp for Bududa district Justine Khainza said that areas affected by drought and floods […]
New study concludes that natural gas offers greenhouse gas advantages over coal despite higher EPA estimates of methane emissions from natural gas systems.
With the globe currently facing climate change problems as a result of man’s poor environmental protection leaving the available natural resources in a sorry and man left with nothing to use, East African women are now undergoing training on how to harvest water and conserve it. In a two weeks global women’s water initiative training […]
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) have joined forces in celebrating NEPAD’s 10th Anniversary. It is within this context of reflecting over the advancement of the African development agenda, that the two institutions are jointly organising photo and essay competitions The essay competition […]
The UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh on Sunday called for sustained youth mobilization “to get out the message of sustainable development, as they have the greatest stake in the future sustainability of our planet”. Addressing the opening session of the Conference of Foreign Ministers […]