On a rocky escarpment on a hill at Nakivale refugee settlement, a group of workers is busy using hand-held tools.
The group - which includes refugee men and women - digs a series of holes, lowers in…
The year 2023, which comes to an end in a few days’ time, will have been rich in initiatives in the African water sector. National and international experts are unanimous on this fact. Major projects…
What are the WTO’s new Trade Policy Tools?
The new tools offer opportunities for countries to mitigate the climate change effect of their trade practices. The tools align with the Paris Agreement,…
French energy giant TotalEnergies has said it will review its land acquisition practices for a $10bn (£7.9bn) project covering Uganda and Tanzania, following criticism by environmentalists and human…
Stung by 2008’s oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?
It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide.…
BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies to distribute more than $100bn despite public outrage
The world’s five largest listed oil companies are expected to reward their investors with…
Every year, we dump 10m tons of plastic into the ocean, and solving the problem will require regulatory action. But there are ways consumers can help
Cutting boards, non-stick pans, mixing bowls,…
Escaping poverty, violence and the climate crisis are factors, but the main driver is rich societies demanding cheap labour
We seem to be living in times of unprecedented mass migration. Images of…
Fossil fuel firms ‘took the mask off’ as they reneged on climate pledges and doubled down on expansion of planet-heating energy
Throughout 2023, the hottest year in recorded history, fossil fuel…
Mansoor Hamayun, the co-founder and chief executive of Bboxx, started out with a university project to bring solar power to a few villages in Rwanda. Now he is set to expand tenfold across sub-…
The smokescreen generated by recent carbon-offset setbacks should not blind us to the simple truth that we must protect our intact forests and bring back those we have lost
Some have recently…
Study after study showed the breakdown of climate systems taking place much earlier than foreseen, with potentially catastrophic results
Morning is a construct in the Antarctic summer. It’s 7.30am…
With 2023 the warmest year on record, 2024 could see the unwelcome milestone of 1.5C of warming reached for a full year
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest in recorded history, with…
Country emitted 73m fewer tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2023 than year before, study reveals
Germany’s emissions hit a 70-year low last year as Europe’s largest economy reduced its reliance on coal…
Researchers looked at 400 years of tree ring data and found ‘vapour pressure deficit’ has got much worse this century
We all know that on a hot day in dry air we feel cooler than at the same…
Mukhtar Babayev is named president-in-waiting of UN climate summit to be held in November
Cop29, the next round of UN talks to tackle the climate crisis, will be led by another veteran of the oil…
‘We need to move so much faster’ to battle climate crisis, warns the Rev Canon Nick Davies, as locals assess damage
Standing at the top of Tewkesbury Abbey tower, the Rev Canon Nick Davies is…
PM insists government is responding, as some residents are told to expect five more days of misery and colder weather
Large swathes of England ended the week devastated by flood water as rivers…
Ministers have previously claimed oilfield development will improve domestic energy security and help consumers
The UK government has admitted that oil from the controversial Rosebank field will be…
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