One Elephant, Many Treaties: Why Africa’s Wildlife Data Systems Need to Talk to Each Other

An elephant moving between protected areas and community land can reveal ecological connections that administrative maps may overlook.

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Biodiversity COP17: What Nairobi’s SBSTTA-28 Talks Set in Motion

Nairobi became a meeting point for one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges: how to halt the loss of biodiversity. Delegates gathered at the United…

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How Climate Change Is Choking Europe’s Busiest Waterway

At the gauge in Kaub, the number reads 10 centimeters. It has been dropping for weeks, and shippers on the Rhine have watched it fall…

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As Red Sea Attacks Return, Nine African Countries Tighten Port Security

AU Commission works towards a common negotiating position for states ahead of IMO's next shipping decarbonisation talks as Red Sea shakes

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A $1M Bet on 25 million Farmers: Inside East Africa’s New Climate Resilience Push

For years, the response to Africa’s declining farm yields has followed a familiar script: use more fertilizer. But across Eastern Africa, that approach has run…

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Heavy Rains, Extreme Heat Set to Overlap Across the Greater Horn

While rainfall dominates parts of the northern and western Greater Horn of Africa, heat remains a major regional concern as it is globally

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Climate Change Leaves Lake State Farmers Watching Their Crops Wither

Instead, he and fellow farmers are exploring ways to adapt by planting drought-tolerant crop varieties and adjusting planting schedules

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A Mountain of Trash, and the Reform That Could Bury a Livelihood

On the outskirts of Jakarta, a mountain rises where there shouldn’t be one. It is made entirely of trash, spread across more than 100 hectares…

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Wangari Maathai was well-known as a political, social, and environmental activist. In 1977 she started a grass-roots movement aimed at countering the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population.

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One Elephant, Many Treaties: Why Africa’s Wildlife Data Systems Need to Talk to Each Other
One Elephant, Many Treaties: Why Africa’s Wildlife Data Systems Need to Talk to Each Other

An elephant moving between protected areas and community land can reveal ecological connections that administrative maps may overlook.

Biodiversity COP17: What Nairobi’s SBSTTA-28 Talks Set in Motion
Biodiversity COP17: What Nairobi’s SBSTTA-28 Talks Set in Motion

Nairobi became a meeting point for one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges: how to halt the loss of biodiversity. Delegates gathered at the United Nations Environment Programme headquarters for two linked meetings under the Convention on Biological Diversity…

How Climate Change Is Choking Europe’s Busiest Waterway
How Climate Change Is Choking Europe’s Busiest Waterway

At the gauge in Kaub, the number reads 10 centimeters. It has been dropping for weeks, and shippers on the Rhine have watched it fall with mounting dread. The water level here now sits around 120 centimeters, an absolute…

As Red Sea Attacks Return, Nine African Countries Tighten Port Security
As Red Sea Attacks Return, Nine African Countries Tighten Port Security

AU Commission works towards a common negotiating position for states ahead of IMO’s next shipping decarbonisation talks as Red Sea shakes

A $1M Bet on 25 million Farmers: Inside East Africa’s New Climate Resilience Push
A $1M Bet on 25 million Farmers: Inside East Africa’s New Climate Resilience Push

For years, the response to Africa’s declining farm yields has followed a familiar script: use more fertilizer. But across Eastern Africa, that approach has run into a hard limit, which is the soil itself. Decades of intensive farming, erosion,…

Heavy Rains, Extreme Heat Set to Overlap Across the Greater Horn
Heavy Rains, Extreme Heat Set to Overlap Across the Greater Horn

While rainfall dominates parts of the northern and western Greater Horn of Africa, heat remains a major regional concern as it is globally

Climate Change Leaves Lake State Farmers Watching Their Crops Wither
Climate Change Leaves Lake State Farmers Watching Their Crops Wither

Instead, he and fellow farmers are exploring ways to adapt by planting drought-tolerant crop varieties and adjusting planting schedules

A Mountain of Trash, and the Reform That Could Bury a Livelihood
A Mountain of Trash, and the Reform That Could Bury a Livelihood

On the outskirts of Jakarta, a mountain rises where there shouldn’t be one. It is made entirely of trash, spread across more than 100 hectares and standing 65 meters tall, roughly the height of a 16-story building. This is…

Scientists Urge Greater Recognition of Non-Monetary Benefits in Digital Sequence Information Talks
Scientists Urge Greater Recognition of Non-Monetary Benefits in Digital Sequence Information Talks

Scientists, policymakers are calling for stronger recognition of non-monetary benefits in global discussions on Digital Sequence Information

Can Climate Change Be Linked to Individual Disasters? Scientists Say Yes.
Can Climate Change Be Linked to Individual Disasters? Scientists Say Yes.

“Did climate change cause this?” to a more useful one: “How did climate change change the odds of this happening?”

TVS Enters Kenya’s Electric Mobility Market with iQube Scooter
TVS Enters Kenya’s Electric Mobility Market with iQube Scooter

Indian two- and three-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company enters Kenya’s electric mobility market launching its TVS iQube electric scooter

The Human Side of Sustainable Flowers
The Human Side of Sustainable Flowers

When people talk about sustainability in floriculture, the conversation often starts with what happens in the greenhouse. How much water is being used? How are pests being controlled? What is the carbon footprint of production? How much plastic is…

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