Climate action

The European Union is recalibrating key pillars of its climate and sustainability framework as policymakers seek to preserve industrial competitiveness while maintaining long-term decarbonisation targets, in a policy shift that…

African sovereign debt managers are under growing pressure to integrate climate finance into national borrowing strategies as rising debt servicing costs, climate vulnerability and constrained fiscal space increasingly converge into…

Global supply chain risks are expected to intensify in 2026 as businesses confront a convergence of inflationary pressures, climate-related disruptions, geopolitical tensions, cybersecurity threats and shifting regulatory requirements, forcing companies…

African and French leaders have adopted the Africa Forward Summit 2026 Declaration, outlining expanded commitments on agricultural transformation, food security and resilient healthcare systems as both sides seek to deepen…

Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), working with the World Health Organization (WHO), has expanded national laboratory quality management capacity through a new internal auditor and lead assessor training programme aligned…

Kenya’s efforts to move up the global tea value chain gained momentum this week after specialty tea producer Gatanga Industries signed a partnership agreement with French premium tea retailer Palais…

India’s Gujarat state has approved a new implementation framework for its Gujarat Integrated Renewable Energy Policy-2025 (GIREP-2025), introducing standardized procedures aimed at accelerating renewable energy and battery storage deployment while…

Kenya has launched a National Carbon Registry aimed at strengthening transparency, accountability and investor confidence in the country’s growing carbon market, as African economies increasingly position climate-linked natural assets as sources of…

Climate and agricultural stakeholders in Kenya are urging the government to accelerate the development of regulations governing carbon credit trading and methane financing, warning that policy delays are slowing investments…

Nearly two decades after African governments pledged to dramatically increase fertilizer use under the landmark Abuja Declaration, the continent continues to lag far behind global agricultural regions in soil nutrient…