Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and ‘green’ energy remaining largely under-exploited, warned a new report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
A UNEP assessment noted that the entire continent has just over 120 carbon market projects up [...]
The United Nations agency entrusted with accelerating sustainable industrial development in poorer States opened its general conference Monday, focusing on the opportunities offered by “green industries” in both combating climate change and attaining economic growth.
“Rather than limiting growth, a green industrial revolution could and should form the core of our response to climate change, and [...]
An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change.
The Kampala Convention, a ground-breaking treaty adopted by the African Union (AU), promises to protect and assist millions of Africans displaced within their [...]
By Catherine Sasman
Too few businesses use appropriate industry-led approaches to tackle the threat of wholesale deforestation, The Forest Dialogue has found.
The Forest Dialogue (TFD) is made up of a group of individuals from different regions across the globe that has committed itself to the conservation and sustainable use of forests.
The group has now come out [...]
By Alan Boswell
Kenyan telecommunications company Safaricom has launched Africa’s first fully solar-powered phone. The mobile phone’s timely release comes as Kenya is suffering from a major power shortfall.
The new solar-powered mobile phone went on sale this past week. Kenyans can buy the phone for a little under $40.
Jacque Sherry, a 28-year old accountant in Nairobi, [...]
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