greenhouse gas emissions
Standing Rock Protesters Win As Army Rejects Pipeline Plan
The Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in...
Four Major Cities Move To Ban Diesel Vehicles By 2025
The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel powered cars and trucks by the middle...
Rejection of US$1.5 Billion Coal Power Plant Is Best
The Volta River Authority (VRA) in collaboration with a Chinese company, Shenzhen Energy Group Company Limited (SEC) is...
Effects Of Trump’s Election On Nigeria
United States President-elect Donald J Trump’s potential pivot to isolationism could impact the aid money that the US...
Expert Says 1.2 Billion People Denied Of Electricity Globally
An energy efficiency expert said on Saturday that 1.2 billion people in the world are living without access to...
ADB Partners PRC
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been collaborating since 1986. Thirty...
Climate Action Is More Urgent Than Ever And We Know What To Do
In the past few months, it seems we’ve made great leaps in the race to curb global warming. In early October, 191...
Climate Finance Is Climate Investment
In every sphere of life, Africans are great innovators and entrepreneurs. You only have to step into an African market...
Trump’s Win Raises Concern At UN Climate Conference
This year’s U. N. climate change conference may not be as impassioned as last year’s in Paris, where more than 100...
Sustainable Agriculture Deserves Center Stage In Marrakech
By José Graziano da Silva Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agriculture,...
Parliament Approves More Loans For Various Projects
Barely a month to the general elections, Parliament is busily approving loans much to the chagrin of the minority New...
Tis Time For Africas Voice
There’s an African proverb which goes: “If the owner of the land leads you, you cannot get lost.” Between...
Ghana Shelves Proposed Coal Power Plant
The government of Ghana has rejected the proposed $1.5 billion coal project to be established in the Ekumfi Aboano...
Agric Has Big Role In Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems...
African Farmers Need Transformative Adaptation To Climate Change
Many African smallholder farmers and farm communities are oblivious to the fact that they are experiencing low crop...
Burning the Bridges of Lies Tobacco and Fossil Fuel Industry Built
He smoked cigarettes and coughed a lot, leaning against the walls of a street in a cold morning. As I became more...
CSO Kicks Against Coal-Fired Power Plant At Ekumfi
A civil society organisation has kicked against the decision of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to establish a...
Climate Change To Copy Tobacco Control Tactics
Just like climate change, tobacco kills many people every year. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of...
US and China Formally Join Pact
The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have both formally joined the Paris...