By: Franklin N. Kwenah GANTA, (Eco Media Africa) — The Liberia Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the Environmental Governance Project, has trained over 200 environmental and mining inspectors from Liberia’s fifteen counties. The training, held under the theme “Participatory Environmental Monitoring, 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 global warming to below 1.5°C. Poem Title: Code 1.5 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 between the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and APPO, aims to Read more…
Image: Biddiboo | Getty Images By: Ibrahim Khalilulahi Usman 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 advocating for openness in the context 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 development. They made this observation during a meeting on the 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 health. The resolution, passed at its 77th Assembly, was overwhelmingly Read more…