Posts Tagged ‘environment’

How Climate Change Fans Armed Conflicts in Africa — Report

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By Nnaemeka Meribe
If nothing is done soon to combat climate change, the number of armed conflicts raging in Africa is likely to increase, and this may swell the number of deaths from war, according to a new report.
Climate change, according to Wikipaedia, is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time [...]

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Africa’s Cement Industry to Gather in Cape Town

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Africa’s cement industry will for two days this April gather in one of the continent’s biggest environmental and sustainable built environment events.
The inaugural Environmental Cement Africa Conference in Cape Town, South Africa will identify and deliberate on issues around the environment from the African cement producers’ perspective, Demsas Faloppa, CEO of Prescon Ltd, the event’s [...]

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New Report Says Kenya at Carbon Crossroads

This item was filled under [ Climate Change, Features, News, Sustainability ]

By David Njagi
Kenya’s planned development path will more than double its carbon emissions unless efforts are taken to pursue low carbon development, according to an environmental think tank.
Yet the country has high potential for mitigating climate change because it has significant opportunities to use renewable energy, says a report released by the Stockholm Environmental Institute [...]

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Top Emerging Nations in Deal to Boost Climate Science Cooperation

This item was filled under [ Climate Change, Features, News, Sustainability ]

By T. V. Padma
Four rapidly developing countries — Brazil, South Africa, India and China (known as BASIC) — have vowed to boost climate science cooperation among themselves and other developing countries.
The countries’ environmental ministers, who met in Delhi 24 January, said their countries will develop a framework for permanent scientific cooperation on climate change and [...]

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How to Get the Most of Sustainable CSR Communication

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Successful businesses are those that plan for long-term, sustainable development, taking into account the social and environmental impacts of their activities.
This means considering the effect of every part of your business on the environment and society. Simply put, your business should have minimal negative effect on the wider world.
Taking a sustainable approach will typically be [...]

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