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Rwanda is set to hold its own solar PV plant totaling 8.5 MW, which will increase the country’s power generation by 8%. BYD Co. Ltd. announced that it shipped…
15-04-2014
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In 2010, Zambia, started the UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) with…
07-04-2014
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A four day Conference and Expo will be held in Cologne, Germany on June 3-5, 2014. This will be its eighth year of organisation. It is a wide-ranging…
05-04-2014
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On the occasion of the EU-Africa Summit, EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, the President of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (…
03-04-2014
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29 March 2014: The UN switched off all non-essential lighting at its Headquarters in New York, US, from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time in observance…
03-04-2014
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With approximately 500 participants from government, academia and civil society, the Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa…
29-10-2013
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In this interview with Al Jazeera, Dr. Richard Munang (UNEP) and Joy Hyvarinen (FIELD) highlight the main challenges and expectations of the African continent…
26-10-2013
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Remote, harsh and absolutely beautiful? The best way to describe the Bokkeveld Plateau around Nieuwoudtville in the Succulent Karoo. This is where the WWF…
28-10-2013
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Scientists working in and on African climate and user community representatives have crafted a common climate research agenda to inform decision-making,…
28-10-2013
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Climate Action Network (CAN) have released a strategy document describing short-term targets to be achieved before 2020 through COP 19 in Warsaw. They further…
18-10-2013
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Participants from 12 West African countries confirmed the urgent need for increased capacity and resources to respond to the uncertain and changing climate by…
14-10-2013
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A High-Level Meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) will be held in February 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the second meeting of its kind…
09-10-2013
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Over 80 percent of the world’s ice-free land could undergo profound ecosystem transformation by 2100, a new study has revealed.
11-10-2013
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South Africans have known for a while that their country must prepare for a drier west and a wetter east as climate change takes hold.
11-10-2013
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The South African Centre for Carbon Capture…
07-10-2013
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The European Commission has approved funding for 248 new projects under the LIFE+ programme, the European Union’s environment fund. The projects cover actions…
12-09-2013
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The UNFCCC secretariat invites you to participate in a contest aimed at highlighting the benefits of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism and the…
10-09-2013
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The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) is organizing a training workshop on Paleoflood Hydrology in Flood Risk…
02-09-2013
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Over 2,500 workers of Ministry of Water and Energy and other six enterprises responsible to the Ministry yesterday transplanted about 20,000 seedlings in…
01-08-2013
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There is need for close attention in the adaptation of climate change and approaches that go beyond words into action with potential to informing and guiding…
01-08-2013
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Based on the success of last year’s Sustainable Energy Finance Summer Academy in Nairobi, a new course is offered this year with a special focus on Africa this…
31-07-2013
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Underscoring that droughts affect more people annually than any other type of natural disaster, the July edition of the FAO newsletter describes the increased…
18-07-2013
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Two announcements for doctoral scholarships in environmental economics at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany, in…
09-07-2013
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Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) are fast becoming the climate finance vehicle of choice to support developing countries in the transition to…
09-07-2013
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The FAO soil survey project for Tanzania models release carbon from soil into the atmosphere that contributes to climate change. The results of the sampling…
08-07-2013
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