The Sierra Leone School Green Club – a new dawn for environmental awareness in Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone School Green Club (SLSGC) is an indigenous Community Based Organization, established in 2015. The organization is...
Solar grid keeps harvests high, hospitals lit in parched rural Zimbabwe
MASHABA, Zimbabwe, Sept 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Until recently, farmers in this town in southern Zimbabwe struggled to water...
New crops, livestock less vulnerable to climate change to be developed
Islamabad :The climate change ministry would obtain input from the relevant experts belonging to both the public and private sectors to...
Third of Earth's soil is acutely degraded due to agriculture
A third of the planet’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being lost at the rate of 24bn tonnes a year, according to a new...
Coffee, Bees and Climate Change Are Linked In Ways You May Not Have Expected
Pollinators such as bees play a key part of producing the beans that go into your morning cup of coffee. In fact, they are responsible...
Cold region 'tipping point' now inevitable
The decline of cold regions called periglacial zones is now inevitable due to climate change, researchers say. Periglacial zones, where...
Mauritius Poised to Become a Role Model in Efforts to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Mauritius' contribution to global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) stood only at around 0.01 % last year, and yet it is the 7th most...
Inaugural Global Land Outlook Launched at UNCCD COP
The Secretariat of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has launched its new flagship report on the current and future state...
Cities Urged to Invest in Flood Protection Now for a Safer, Cheaper Future
Expect more images of flood evacuees scrambling into rescue boats with their wet pets and possessions unless cities seize the chance to...
UN agencies vow to strengthen collaboration in fighting food insecurity in Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and three Rome-based UN agencies have reiterated their commitment to...