The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Environmentalists and civil society activists from Asia-Pacific and African countries vulnerable to global warming Wednesday urged the industrialised nations to act urgently for greenhouse gas emission cut from 1990 levels by at 95 per cent within 2050. Wrapping up a three-day conference, they adopted the Dhaka Declaration with a call …
Rich countries should immediately mobilize billions of dollars in development aid to the poorest nations to win their trust in the run-up to global climate talks in Copenhagen, a draft EU report says. OECD countries should also fulfill their existing commitments on overseas aid, which would more than double those …
If not Iranian, then it's got to be African cheetahs. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is presently working on getting wild Namibian cheetahs to India to repopulate Indian forests with the cheetah, which went extinct from India since 1967. The Namibian plan comes after Iran turned down a …
The United States wants a G8 summit this week to commit $15 billion over several years for agricultural development in poor countries to fight food insecurity, according to a draft declaration seen by Reuters. The declaration said Washington was ready to mobilize $3-4 billion and wanted other partners to match …
Benin has declared a state of emergency and called for international humanitarian aid after floods hit the south of the West African country. The government estimates that some 2,000 families have already been displaced by flooding caused by heavy rains and it appealed late Monday for immediate help to prevent …
The polio eradication programme in the country has taken a knocking again. From near-eradication in 2005 when only 66 cases were reported to 879 in 2007 and 559 in 2008, 89 cases have already been reported this year ahead of the July-September peak season. Worse, India is being blamed, along …
From rescuing a herd of rogue elephants destined to be shot, to saving the animals in Baghdad Zoo during the Iraq war, maybe it is no surprise that Hollywood is planning a film about maverick conservationist Lawrence Anthony. When Liz Else tracked him down she talked to him about reconnecting …
- A project linking solar power from the Sahara to energy users in Europe and North Africa could create 240,000 German jobs and generate 2 trillion euros ($2,822 billion) worth of power by 2050, a study published on Thursday found. The report by Germany's Wuppertal Institute for Climate for Greenpeace …
Funds are increasingly looking to invest in farmland as a rising global population and changing diets lead to growing demand for food crops. But the emergence of the asset class is not without pitfalls with the provision of food always highly political and a tentative global economic recovery potentially threatened …
Industrial designer Virginia Gardiner has designed not just a new toilet, but a new closed-loop management system that will allow individuals to, basically, recycle their poop. Yeah, I just said that. But give her idea a few minutes of your attention, because it's really not as gnarly as it sounds. …
Brazil wants historic emissions to be the basis for greenhouse gas pollution targets, slated for discussion during December climate talks in Copenhagen, Brazil's top climate negotiator said in an interview. Jose Miguez, who heads Brazil's Interministerial Commission on Global Climate Change, said Brazil is not yet proposing targets for emissions …
In recent years the legion of supporters of renewable energy has expanded to include labor unions concerned about jobs, as well as national security and energy independence experts such as George Schultz and James Woolsey. These advocates of domestic and clean energy production strongly consider the geopolitical implications when dollars …
Africa's farmers need help to access loans, fertilizer and export markets to avoid future food supply crises caused by climate change and commodities speculation, a top agricultural expert said on Tuesday. Wheat, rice and maize prices have fallen sharply from their 2008 highs, when protests broke out across the developing …
The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s. New forensic tools based on DNA analysis can help stop the cartels behind this bloody trade.
