UN’s climate change panel starts 62nd plenary session in China
The 62nd edition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) commenced Monday in Hangzhou, China.
The meeting will consider and agree on the draft...
ADF seeks additional $4 billion to boost climate resilience in Africa
The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, plans to mobilize $4 billion this year to strengthen...
How Dangote’s former juice unit, Dansa, depleted Nigeria’s protected forests
As darkness slowly gave way to dawn one Saturday in January 2024, a truck’s engine rumbled into life, upending the stillness that had endured...
Nigeria’s coastal highway runs over communities, biodiversity hotspots
On Apr. 30, 2024, as the sun rose over Lagos, bulldozers rolled in to the Oniru waterfront, a popular leisure hub, where they cleared...
Climate tech innovation in Africa gets $10 million boost from AfDB
Things are looking up in the climate tech innovation in Sub-Sahara Africa, courtesy of an investment of $10 million by the African Development Bank...