Participants during the COP27 Minerals side event Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: With the world adopting cleaner energy transitions, ambitious efforts to accelerate plans for low-cost and low-emissions lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia are nearing reality, with a feasibility study outcome expected in five months. While addressing the…
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The IPCC has released the Working Group II report prepared by 270 scientists from 67 countries on the latest evidence on the impacts of accelerating Climate Change on humans and nature. Africa has contributed among the least greenhouse gas emissions, but countries like Madagascar requiring USD1B annually to adapt to climate change are heavily impacted…
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report on global warming clearly shows that human influence is responsible for warming the atmosphere. In today’s conversation, Africa Climate Conversations ask Dr. Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla, the AIMS-Canada Research Chair in Climate Change Science at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Rwanda, if the pledges made at…
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Did you know that a third of Africa’s forests have already been lost, mainly to charcoal production? Yes, that is according to the world forest organization. In Kenya, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) notes that more than 70 per cent of the domestic energy demand for cooking and heating has been met by…
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Today we are in Kenya’s Nakuru County in a town named Mai Mahiu meaning “hot water” about 60kms drive from Nairobi City. Here we meet Lydia Njung’e, the CEO of Eversave Briquettes Limited. Since 2010, Njung’e has been using agricultural waste materials for manufacturing briquettes. The business started after Njung’e; then, a poultry farmer lost…
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Zinder Niger: Zinder Faiza Habou, a 17-year-old secondary school student from Zinder, Niger’s second largest city, and her mother make a career by cracking nuts and pounding wild fruits under contract for Sahara Sahel Foods. “These fruits were a delicacy when I was growing up in the village.” “Until 2014, my mother worked as a…
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In Africa, pastoralists use natural indicators such as migratory birds and certain plant species to migrates. But due to change in rainfall, landscapes and vegetation change over time and conflict related to land use these natural indicators have changed altering grazing and migration patterns. Approximately 51 million square miles of land – 43% percent –…
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70 percent of GLF Africa participants were aged between 18 to 35 making up 3000 of the 7000 registered participants. Cities Alliance, a global partnership fighting urban poverty and promoting the role of cities, notes that almost 60 percent of Africa’s more than 1 billion people are under the age of 25, making Africa the…
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Today Salina Abraham, the Global Landscape Forum strategic adviser joins me as we investigate what was achieved last week during the conference. In this conversation in we talk about the critical issues of finance. How do Africa finance drylands restoration this decade now identified as the UN decade of restoration? How best can Africa take…
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The Global Landscape Forum Africa 2021 kicks off tomorrow, the 2nd June, for two days. The digital conference dubbed “Restoring Africa’s Drylands – Accelerating Action on the Ground” will be 2021’s only conference on drylands restoration. The conference will play an essential role in identifying knowledge gaps while seeking solutions to the challenging issues facing…
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