The rise of Global Africa: Africa and the Caribbean forge new economic partnership

The decision to hold the 31st annual meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, reflects the Caribbean nation’s ambition to become a bridge between Africa and its diaspora.

The World Is Flooded With Plastic Waste

In just two decades, the global annual production of plastic waste has increased from 180 million tonnes to n

Canada's Record-breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Nearly 4 Times More Carbon than Global Aviation

Canada’s 2023 wildfires made international headlines, causing billions of dollars in property damage, displacing thousands of people from their homes, and spewing air pollution that traveled as far as Europe and China.

What Economics Does — or Doesn’t — Tell Us About the Climate Consequences of Using Wood

To reduce global carbon emissions, should people harvest and use more wood or less? This question underlies the merits of policies that encourage power plants and heating facilities to burn more wood pellets and builders to construct more tall wood buildings.

Investors: Sustainable Finance Demands More than Just Cutting Carbon

Sustainable investing is a key part of curbing climate change, and the sector is showing some signs of progress.  

Oil Worker’s Shift to Geothermal Reflects ‘Endless’ Opportunity in Clean Careers

An oil sands worker who drilled his way into the geothermal industry is just one example of how the clean energy transition is creating new opportunities for the Canadian work force, now supported by new legislation.

Renewable Energy Growth Outpaces Fossil Fuels for the First Time

New wind and solar installations outpaced all other additions to the global energy mix in 2023, and clean energy investments are projected to exceed US$2 trillion in 2024, account for two-thirds of global energy investment.

Distributed Grid Could Absorb Peak Demand, Wipe Out Energy Insecurity by 2035: Deloitte

Distributed energy resources (DERs) like batteries and electric vehicles could absorb the entire increase in peak demand that U.S.

Cold-Climate Wind Turbines Show Potential to Replace Diesel

Wind turbines popping up in communities in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are helping to establish the technology’s potential in cold climates, where high wind speeds offer an ideal resource to replace fossil fuels.

Cool, Green Infrastructure Can Beat Urban Heat and Drought, Experts Say

Reflective and green infrastructure is now essential to combat the extreme heat and drought in the cards for hundreds of millions of urban dwellers as the planet continues to warm, says the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Community Solar ‘Delivers on Promise’ to Lower-Income Households

Community solar users in the United States are 6.1 times more likely to live in multi-unit buildings, 4.4 times more likely to rent, and take home 23% lower incomes than rooftop solar buyers, concludes a new peer-reviewed study by the U.S.

EU “green” funds invest millions in expanding coal giants in China, India

EU-regulated “green” funds are investing in some of the world’s biggest coal companies that are expanding their operations in contrast to a 2021 UN agreement for countries to reduce their use of the dirty fossil fuel.

How a 20th-Century Family Planning Agenda Fueled the Climate Crisis

In 1948, the 

Report launch: World population to peak in this century UN to release latest estimates and projections of global trends

South Africa : Nearly 1,000 homes in Cape Town destroyed by storms

Nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people, authorities and an aid organization said as the city braces for a week of damaging storms.

Trophy hunter killings spark fierce battle over the future of super tusker elephants

In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam.

South Sudan obtains $20m to solarise its telecommunications towers

The Energy Inclusion Facility (EIF) and the Finnish Industrial Cooperation Fund (Finnfund) are awarding $20 million in financing to asset manager Communication & Renewable Energy Infrastructure (CREI).

Climate insurtech Ibisa raises $3m to offer its solutions in Africa

Start-up Ibisa has just raised $3 million for innovation and expansion in Africa and Asia. The start-up is developing technological solutions for insuring against climate change, mainly in the agricultural sector. Good news for Ibisa.

24 dead, houses submerged in water… Abidjan and the ritual of flooding

Once again, the school holiday period is not looking good for many households in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The cause is the torrential rain that is battering several towns, resulting in devastating and deadly floods.

Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre-industrial Levels for 12 Months in a Row

Last month wasn’t only the hottest June by far in the observed temperature record, but marked the first-ever 12-month stretch of the Earth’s average temperature exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius of temperature rise above the pre-industrial baseline against which human-caused warming is measured.