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14 09 2023 | 12:36

‘Smashed’: summer of 2023 the hottest ever recorded

The climate crisis and emerging El Niño event pushed up temperatures and drove extreme weather across the world The summer of 2023 was the hottest ever recorded, as the climate crisis and emerging …

14 09 2023 | 11:09

African leaders bank on carbon taxes to raise climate finance

African leaders are eyeing a new “sin” tax on global emitters as a way of raising money from those who pollute the environment. The Nairobi Declaration – the culmination of the three-day Africa…

13 09 2023 | 20:00

KENYA: Egyptian expertise to improve access to water in the face of drought

In addition to the Nairobi Declaration, the African Climate Summit, which closed in Kenya on 6 September 2023, provided an opportunity to strengthen inter-state relations, particularly in the water…

13 09 2023 | 19:57

In Africa, “the carbon market will give polluters carte blanche”

As oil and gas projects proliferate in Africa, the continent's heads of state and government, meeting recently in Nairobi, Kenya, for the first African Climate Summit, are proposing a tenfold…

13 09 2023 | 19:53

MOZAMBIQUE: drinking water supply for 90,000 people in Niassa to be improved

To improve the supply of drinking water to people in the northern province of Niassa in Mozambique, the government is launching phase II of the Project to promote sustainable water supply, hygiene…

13 09 2023 | 19:44

SOUTH AFRICA: a new plant boosts water supply in Gauteng

In South Africa, Rand Water is completing the first phase of work on its new drinking water plant, located near the Zuikerbosch water treatment plant in Gauteng province. At this stage, the plant has…

13 09 2023 | 19:35

DJIBOUTI: the country’s first wind farm inaugurated near Ghoubet Bay

The Djibouti authorities recently inaugurated the country's first onshore wind farm near Ghoubet Bay. The facility, built under a public-private partnership (PPP), has a capacity of 60 MW. Djibouti…

13 09 2023 | 19:32

AFRICA: debt-for-climate swaps once again recommended

With Africa in need of more than $300 billion a year for climate adaptation, policymakers and government officials gathered at a high-level event on the sidelines of the African Climate Summit in…

13 09 2023 | 19:26

SOUTH AFRICA: Kavango-Zambèze, an area of stability for elephants

The 2023 survey report on elephants in the Kavango-Zambèze Transfrontier Area (KAZA) shows that elephant populations there are stable. In this region of southern Africa, which includes Angola,…

13 09 2023 | 19:15

MOROCCO: how the earthquake shook Marrakech’s tourism potential

What does the future hold for tourism in Marrakech? This is one of the unanswered questions in the wake of the earthquake that is compromising the economic and environmental health of this…

13 09 2023 | 19:11

AFRICA: Platinum Rhino Farm bought out in extremis, but will be closed down

Months after it was put up for auction, Platinum Rhino was finally bought out at the last minute by the conservation organisation African Parks. But the fate of the world's largest white rhino farm…

13 09 2023 | 18:43

TSIPOURIDIS & ELMAWI: Year of many firsts leaves humanity gasping for breath of fresh air

In Summary Science has been monotonously repeating report after report and COP after COP that we should phase out fossil fuels to reduce CO2 emissions.   Unfortunately, the response is…