For city economies to prosper, poor need clean power
Giving the poorest people in the world’s fast-growing cities access to affordable, clean energy supplies, while wiping out the use of...
Video: Sharing solar know-how in Cameroon
An engineer from Cameroon who studied renewable energy in Italy is sharing his knowledge back home by launching an NGO. By training young...
Rising temperatures threaten heat-tolerant aardvarks
When nocturnal aardvarks start sunbathing, something’s wrong. If the animals are desperate enough to bask like some cold, sluggish...
Tanzania in joint move to save Lake Tanganyika from impact of climate change
Tanzanian authorities said on Wednesday talks with the World Bank were underway to secure funds to save Lake Tanganyika, Africa's deepest...
Court ruling raises hopes among Kenyan women for more political representation
Buoyed by record gains in last month’s elections, Kenyan activists say they hope the nation’s top court will enforce women’s right to...
Want to know what climate change will bring? Look at the Irish Potato Famine.
After Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of New Orleans’ poorest residents migrated to Houston. Many were met with hostility,...
New multi-million dollar partnership for inclusive Agricultural transformation in Africa launched
A partnership between prominent organizations working to support African agriculture will pump $280 million dollars into the sector to...
More effort needed to curb malnutrition in Ghana
More efforts are needed, particularly by the government to curb the spate of malnutrition in Ghana and other parts of Africa, an...
Video: Recycle Up! Young minds fight pollution
Recycle Up! Ghana (RUG) is an African-German initiative that works with Ghanaian schools to tackle the waste problem in the country....
Audio: Technologies that boost conservation efforts right now and in the future
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we take a look at the role technology is playing — and might play in the future — in...