It is hard to fathom the idea of waking up before sunrise every morning and spending hours walking just to find a water source. Standing in line to access a…
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A new digital platform to help dive professionals protect fragile coral reefs has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2020 Con X Tech Prize, an award that provides seed funding to…
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Japan is doing it. China is doing it. Shell Oil is even doing it. They are all promising to be carbon neutral or net-zero by 2050 (China says 2060, and…
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Personal care products brand Gillette, known for its razors, set out to become a more sustainable company one decade ago. And over the past 10 years, it has reduced its…
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Burkina Faso country is implementing several multilateral environmental agreements – including the National Economic and Social Development Plan (2016-2020), which envisages “strong, sustainable and inclusive economic growth.” But transformational change is no…
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Tuberculosis (TB) treatment can be shortened from six to four months in 80% of children. This is according to findings from the SHINE study that were presented at a leading…
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A team of oceanographers has discovered that the deep sea is heating up. Over the last decade, thermometers fixed at the Atlantic Ocean’s seafloor recorded an average temperature rise of around 32°F…
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The year 2020 has proved disastrous worldwide for a number of reasons owing largely to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Yet there has been a silver lining in all the months-long…
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Environmentalists have raised the red flag over a silent death-trap inside the walls of poor households in villages – indoor pollution. Kenya Climate Working Group reckons that the extreme poor…
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Africa needs to prepare better for climate change by responding to a wide range of potential risks, a multi-agency report led by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday, the…