Tag: Africa - Page 5
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Kerosene Emissions Equivalent to UK CO2 Output. Solar Can Eliminate Them.
Solar is spreading like wildfire in poor. rural communities. Carl Pope issues a call for the world to get serious about distributed renewables.
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Africa's Rainforests May Be More Resilient To Climate Change Than Amazon's
It all comes down to the fact that over the past four millennia there have been more changes in climate there which these forests have been through.
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How Tar Sands Will Devastate Agriculture, Increase Hunger in Africa
An eye-opening study shows the effects that full development of Canada's tar sands would have on global food production.
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Forest Fires Linked to Climate Change & Disgruntled Employees; How Malawi Villages Are Responding
Malawi has adopted a unique approach to forest fire prevention.
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Another Shady Land Deal in Africa, This One Assisted By the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
The think tank that revealed the connection between Ivy League universities and land grabs in Africa is now concerned about the support the U.S. ambassador to Tanzania is lending to a land deal in that country that would displace more than 160,000 people.
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Shipping Containers Become Solar-Powered Internet Hubs in Rural Africa
Solar power, old shipping containers and the internet are combining to help rural African communities survive and even thrive.
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Nigeria's Worst Offshore Spill in a Decade Expands While Shell Says Spill Is Contained
While Shell says the spill not make it to shore, fishing communities along the coast are saying otherwise.
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Source of Shell Nigeria Leak Confirmed
The source of this week's oil spill off the coast of Nigeria, likely the country's worst offshore spill in more than a decade, has been confirmed.
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International Food Aid Now Sourcing More Local Ingredients
Companies and organizations are trying to use more locally-sourced ingredients, and employ more local people, when manufacturing food aid products.
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Pygmy Hippo Filmed for the First Time in Liberia
For the very first time, a team of scientists have managed to capture a few precious moments of footage of a wild pygmy hippo in the forests of Liberia.
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Suno's Stylish, Kenyan-Made Sneakers Support Orphaned Elephants
Just in time for the Holiday season, Suno is offering limited-edition sneakers that boast vibrant and colorful prints, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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Land Grabs Threaten World's Poor Even More Than Previously Thought, New Report Shows
Of land deals totalling 71 million hectares, 22% was for mining, tourism, industry and forestry, and most of the rest was for biofuels.
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Algeria Becomes Third Nation To Sign Desertec Deal
By 2050 Desertec plans on supplying 15% of Europe's electricity from networked renewable energy projects in the Sahara desert.
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Solving Climate Change With Agriculture: Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa Launches at COP17
Agro-ecology can provide a solution for global hunger and poverty, climate change, threats to biodiversity, and soil health.
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The Only Nations That Haven't Signed 1997's Global Climate Treaty are Afghanistan, Sudan & the U.S.A.
Even Somalia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Why is the U.S. such an outlying loser?
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Solar Power Brings Computing to Rural Africa
Rural villagers, many of them women, are learning computing for the first time. And it's being done without fossil fuels.
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Should Congress Ban Medical Research on Apes?
Some argue the research is critical to finding cures for diseases, but others say it is equal to torture. Weigh in.
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World's Largest Hydropower Project Will Produce One-Third Of Africa's Electricity, But Who Will Get It?
The Grand Inga dam will be double the size of China's Three Gorges, but big questions remain about whether ordinary Africans will actually get its electricity.
