A high-level symposium of Africa’s interior, environment and foreign affairs ministers held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, warned that ignoring the plight of jobless young people in sub-Saharan Africa is a recipe for political instability and global insecurity. They called for support to create land-based jobs in the rural areas to ward off the temptation for…
Three sustainable energy trail blazers working in East Africa win prestigious Ashden Award
Three sustainable energy trail blazers working in East Africa – Futurepump, Haileybury Youth Trust and Mobisol – have all won a prestigious 2017 Ashden Award, the world’s leading green energy awards. From developing solar irrigation pumps to promoting low-carbon buildings to providing powerful solar home systems, all three organisations have been recognised as leaders in…
Climatecare Extends Partnership With Burn In Kenya To Issue Gold Standard Carbon Credits
ClimateCare is pleased to announce it has extended its partnership with stove manufacturer, Burn Manufacturing to widen access to affordable, energy efficient cooking stoves in Kenya. The programme uses climate finance to support the manufacture and distribution of Burn’s market leading ‘Jikokoa’ stove, that dramatically reduces charcoal consumption and diminishes the negative environmental and social…
PEG Africa wins prestigious Ashden Award for driving pay as you go solar energy in West Africa
PEG Africa has been announced as one of the 13 winners of the 2017 Ashden Awards, the world’s leading green energy awards. They won the Ashden Award for Innovative Finance, which is supported by Citi. PEG Africa operates in Ivory Coast and Ghana, where it is the largest off-grid solar company, distributing clean energy to…
Environment Cs Launches Kenya’s First Ever National WildLIfe Strategy Formulation Process
Environment and Natural Resources Cabinet Secretary, Prof Judi Wakhungu Monday launched the formulation of Kenya’s first-ever National Wildlife Conservation and Management Strategy in Nairobi. Prof Wakhungu also the inaugurated a national steering to provide policy direction, high-level guidance and general oversight in the process to ensure ownership and buy-in. The committee is chaired by the…
African Groups demand increased ambition at 2018 Facilitative Dialogue
Ahead of the writing of the Paris Rule Book and preparations for the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue, Major Groups attending this year’s Pre-AMCEN sessions have called on African governments to take stock of the current status of implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and identify barriers that need to be addressed with a view to…
Give us an African Rule Book for Paris Agreement, Groups urge African Ministers
African Climate change activists urged their governments on Saturday to kick-start the process of designing an African Rule Book for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Speaking at 16th session of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) in Libreville, Gabon, the activists said the Rule Book will help in galvanising a robust presentation of…
African CSOs begin Pre-AMCEN talks in Libreville
Ahead of the 16th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) scheduled for 12th to 16th of June 2017 in Gabon, an Africa-wide civil society workshop on the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, SDGs and Agenda 2063 began today in Libreville. Organised by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) in…