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The young Moroccan driving climate action (YOUNG CLIMATE ACTIVIST SERIES)
20-year-old Fatna Ikrame El Fanne is ensuring that young Moroccans are fully aware of the dangers of climate change - and the...
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Nov 21, 20226 min read
How Green is My President? William Ruto: a president who would turn Kenya "green"
How Green is My President? William Ruto: a president who would turn Kenya "green" At November's COP27 conference in Cairo, the first to...
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Nov 21, 20224 min read
Don't toss the Pringles can
Just down the road from Nigeria's Sin City, a young man id builds lighting equipment - and a future - using old Pringles cans and LED...
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Nov 21, 20224 min read
Uncle Bravo, environmental magician
Kurai Felix Mukaro, popularly known as 'Uncle Bravo' is making waves in his community thanks to his organic herbal and vegetable gardens,...
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Nov 21, 20224 min read
How we cook can help save the planet – clean cooking solutions coming to a kitchen near you
By moving away from wood and coal cooking fires, Africa will contribute substantially to a cooler world. Recent reports indicate this is...
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Nov 21, 20223 min read
A voice for youths and children at "Africa's COP"
Kelo Uchendu, 26, is the policy lead of YOUNGO, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) children and youth constituency....
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Nov 21, 20225 min read
Conservation agriculture has made Teresia Momanyi’s corn farm her refuge and "office"
Small-scale Kenyan farmer Teresia Momanyi introduces her “office and employer” - a neat, four-acre piece of land on which she practices...
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Nov 21, 20222 min read
COP28 should not be ‘another talk show’: Pan-African Parliament
African lawmakers are pushing for a year of action ahead of COP28 in Dubai, avowing they’re tired of empty promises from developed...
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Nov 21, 20222 min read
Young climate activists: a global community driving change
A drought that shut down their school's water supply marked Eric Njuguna's first strides into climate activism. Now they're at the...
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Nov 21, 20223 min read
Africa's landmark climate damage compensation deal
A synchronised diplomatic offensive by African states, which resulted in a historic deal to set up a "loss and damage" fund, highlights...
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Nov 18, 20223 min read
'A just transition, not just a transition': Africa's ultimatum on fossil fuels
"A just transition, and not just a transition" is Africa's declaration at COP27 as states vowed not to dissever their economies from...
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Nov 18, 20223 min read
Climate technology programme for Africa launched at COP27
The five-year programme will accelerate the innovation, development, and deployment of transformative climate technologies. Seth Onyango,...
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Nov 17, 20223 min read
Loss and Damage: Africa's final push for finance facility at COP27
Africa is in a last-minute dash to secure far-reaching climate deals, including a critical finance facility for the loss and damages...
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Nov 17, 20223 min read
COP27 gender disparity: "Have more women present in negotiations"
Women in vulnerable communities are more sensitive to the climate crisis but are starkly underrepresented at COP27. Gender activists are...
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Nov 17, 20226 min read
Charles Onyango-Obbo: How to talk about Tororo trees
In small corners, in small ways, we can build back our environment to secure it for our futures and the beautiful beasts with whom we...
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Nov 17, 20222 min read
Breakthrough instrument launched at COP27 to unlock green bonds in Africa
The lending market for African bonds received a major boost at COP27 with the inaugural injection of US$100 million into the Liquidity...
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Nov 16, 20224 min read
Butterfly farmers are protecting east Africa’s largest coastal forest
Inside Kenya’s Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, hundreds of former illegal loggers have turned to butterfly farming - helping protect an important...
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Nov 16, 20223 min read
Struggling to save a mountain forest (YOUNG CLIMATE ACTIVIST SERIES)
29-year-old David Samikwa leads a youth organization trying to keep an ancient forest from disappearing. bird story agency staff 65km...
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Nov 16, 20224 min read
Chasing net zero at Bomanoma
With traditions that have endured for centuries, the Maasai have always been, amongst other things, environmentally low-impact. As...
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Nov 16, 20221 min read
INFOGRAPHIC: Africa leads world's purge of single-use plastics
Africa leads world's purge of single-use plastics. Graphic : Hope Mukami Greenpeace estimates that 34 out of 54 countries in Africa have...
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