Ghana: UNU-INRA Holds Consultative Workshop On Climate and Clean Technology
A consultative workshop for stakeholders in policy development and practice to discuss policy challenges in the area of clean technology...
Zimbabwe: Warming of Cities to Hit the Poor Hardest
Zimbabwean cities and towns are expected to become very hot in the next 25 years due to rapid urbanisation and deforestation, a new study...
Nigeria: Proper Drainages, Channelisation Can Harness Flood
Flood is a phenomenon that affects humanity and its environment, but in spite of the havoc it can wreak, flood can be a blessing if...
Nigeria: NiMet to Establish 1,000 Automatic Weather Stations
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological...
Tanzania: Charcoal Is Out, Govt Says
The government has directed some of its institutions to start phasing out the use of charcoal as a source of cooking energy with...
Africa: Climate Change May Ground a Third of Aircraft in Coming Decades
New York — Airlines may be forced to cut passengers, cargo or fuel in order to take off safely as warming air lessens planes' ability to...
Tanzania notifies UN of new hydroelectric project
TANZANIA has officially notified the UN cultural agency that execution of Stiegler's Gorge hydroelectric project is inevitable. The...
Smallholder Farmers in Kenya in the Race Against Climate Change
By adopting agroforestry and improved agricultural practices, a community in western Kenya has increased their income and improved their...
Drought-Hit Ethiopia Moves to Protect Its Dwindling Forests
Chilimo — Ethiopia is enlisting the cooperation of people in and around its forests to manage woodland better, hoping to protect the...
Disaster risks of plastic waste on agriculture, climate change
In Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon alone, 50 metric tons of plastic fragments food packages, straws and table water bottles and empty sachet...