5 must-reads on planetary health
How do you get your mind around a new public-health movement the size of the Earth? The new field of planetary health encompasses the...
Red list: ash trees and antelopes on the brink of extinction
Native ash trees, abundant across North America, are on the brink of extinction as an invasive beetle ravages forests, according to the...
A grain revolution for Africa
Africa never ceases to surprise the world with its existential contradictions. We know about its “resource curse”, the generic term that...
Cameroon: Climate change puts banana production at risk
Although a number of recent studies suggest that migration flows associated with the impact of climate change on agriculture are...
OXFAM, WANEP Caution Farmers On Climate Change
Small scale farmers and other stakeholders of the agriculture sector in Kebbi have been warned on the dangers of climate change as it...
Global hunger rises for first time in decade: U.N. agencies
Global hunger levels have risen for the first time in more than a decade, now affecting 11 percent of the world’s population, as...
Huge cash shortfall stopping electricity reaching world’s poor
Finance for electrification of developing countries is flowing at less than half the rate needed to achieve the global goal of universal...
Opinion: Climate change may be a political game for the West, but for us it's real
Ever since former US Vice-President Al Gore toured the globe with his scary rendition of what a post apocalyptic climate chaos world...
Insurance companies should collect a carbon levy
Governments juggle too many interests to drive global action on climate change. But the insurance industry is ideally placed. With annual...
Climate change and health in Nigeria
With 173 million people, Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa. As the continent’s main exporter of oil, Nigeria faces the...