(Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP) By Enoch Randy Aikins Researcher, African Futures and Innovation, ISS Political interests must be set aside to prevent illegal mining from devastating the country’s forests, farmland and water system. Illegal small-scale mining in Ghana Read more…
The ongoing illegal mining crisis, known as “Galamsey,” has become one of Ghana’s most significant environmental and socio-economic challenges. As efforts to combat its effects intensify, the need to understand the problem’s scope and relevant policies has become crucial for Read more…
This poem is titled Code 1.5, and it is a wake-up call to address the urgent threat of climate change. This poem seeks to educate and inspire individuals to take action, to work together to protect the planet and limit Read more…
MALAWI (Eco Media) — Lilongwe has become the first African capital city to back the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. It is one of two Malawian cities, alongside Mzuzu, that have now endorsed the proposal. The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Read more…
Seth Kofi Debrah, University of Ghana Ghana is considering bids from five companies for the construction of what would be its first nuclear power plant. The companies are: France’s EDF, US-based NuScale Power and Regnum Technology Group; China National Nuclear Read more…
The Africa Energy Bank (AEB) is set to commence operations later this year after the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO), an African intergovernmental organization, selected Nigeria to host the headquarters of the newly established bank. The hydrocarbons-focused bank, a partnership Read more…
Image: Biddiboo | Getty Images Climate activists and open knowledge experts in the Global South and Global North have begun a partnership to seek more ‘openness’ in climate change negotiations. The coalition ‘OPEN GOES COP’ includes organisations and individuals Read more…
PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG Malawi — Associations of tea producers in Africa and Asia have called for a collaborative effort in the global tea industry to embrace climate-resilient production methods in tea-growing countries to sustain the sector’s Read more…
This year’s World Environment Day campaign focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” Drought and desertification are threatening essential ecosystems across the planet, including freshwater ecosystems and soil, the connective tissue Read more…
Image: Climate change is a health emergency. #Melbourneclimatestrike IMG_5218″ by John Englart (Takver) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The World Health Organization (WHO), through its decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, has recognized climate change as an imminent threat to global Read more…