Côte d’Ivoire is turning to satellite technology and artificial intelligence to strengthen environmental monitoring, improve agricultural traceability and build the data infrastructure needed to support carbon markets and climate finance…
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Kenya secures ksh590 million EU support as carbon market framework moves towards article 6 implementation
AfricaAfrican BusinessesCarbon MarketsCarbon offsetingClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnergy & TransitionEnvironmental ResponsibilityGeneralGlobal Policy & AfricaGreen Investment & InfrastructureOpinionpollutionPollution & WasteSustainabilitySustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainability by Francis Mwangi 177 views 6 minutes readKenya is set to receive KSh590 million in European Union climate funding to strengthen the systems used to monitor, report and verify carbon-market activities and national climate action, as the…
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Permagardens take root after three dry years in coastal Kenya’s Mbuguni region
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAgricultureCarbon Marketscircular economyClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityGreen Investment & InfrastructurepolicyPolicy & GovernanceSDGs & National Development PlansSocial ResponsibilitySociety & DevelopmentSustainabilitySustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Afia Agyapomaa 99 views 3 minutes readBy Afia Agyapomaa Ofosu Three and a half years: that is how long the sky over Mbuguni, Kenya stayed stubbornly empty. In this remote village in Matuga, Kwale County, no rain fell. Crops died in…
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High Seas Treaty reaches 100 parties as Africa gains greater stake in Global ocean governance
AfricaAfrican BusinessesBiodiversity & Natureblue economycircular economyClimate & Environmentcorporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityGeneralGreen Investment & InfrastructureMarkets & FinanceMultilateral InstitutionspolicyPollution & WasteSDGs & National Development PlansSustainabilitySustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Valerie Baecque 265 views 6 minutes readThe international agreement governing biodiversity beyond national waters has passed a significant implementation milestone, reaching 100 parties as Germany, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Canada, Australia and Brunei Darussalam deposited their…
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Quarry to crop transforming limestone into a soil health asset
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAgriculturecircular economyClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityGlobal Policy & AfricaGreen Investment & InfrastructurepolicyPolicy & GovernanceSocial ResponsibilitySociety & DevelopmentSustainabilitySustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Christopher Burke 240 views 5 minutes readA quiet soil health crisis is unfolding beneath Kenyan farms, from Bungoma to Uasin Gishu, with consequences for food security, fertiliser efficiency and sustainable land use. Despite public investment through…
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South Korea and Libya explore oil refining partnership as Seoul diversifies crude supply
AfricaAfrican BusinessesCarbon MarketsCarbon offsetingClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnergy & TransitionEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyEnvironmental ResponsibilityFinance & EconomyGeneralGlobal Policy & AfricaGreen Investment & InfrastructureOil & GasPolicy & RegulationPollution & WasteRegionsSustainabilitySustainability partnershipsSustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGtransporturban sustainability by Francis Mwangi 272 views 6 minutes readSouth Korea and Libya are exploring a potential oil-refining partnership that could link Libya’s need for domestic fuel supplies with Seoul’s search for more diversified crude sources, as both countries…
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SunCulture secures $10 million to scale solar irrigation financing for Kenyan farmers
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAgricultureCarbon offsetingClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnergy & TransitionEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyEnvironmental ResponsibilityGeneralGlobal Policy & AfricaGreen Investment & InfrastructurepolicyPolicy & GovernancepollutionRenewable energySDGs & National Development PlansSocial ResponsibilitySustainabilitySustainability partnershipsSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Francis Mwangi 190 views 6 minutes readKenyan climate-tech company SunCulture has secured a $10 million securitisation facility from Mirova’s Gigaton Fund to unlock capital tied up in farmer repayments and expand access to solar-powered irrigation, highlighting…
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Africa change lab launches 141-page beyond gas toolkit as South Africa reassesses the role of gas in its energy transition
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAfrican Policy Watchblue economyCarbon offsetingcircular economyClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnergy & ExtractivesEnergy & TransitionEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyEnvironmental ResponsibilityGeneralGreen Investment & InfrastructureOpinionOpinion & CommentarypolicyRegionsRenewable energySDGs & National Development PlansSocial ResponsibilitySociety & DevelopmentSouthern AfricaSustainabilitySustainability partnershipsSustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Francis Mwangi 247 views 9 minutes readAfrica Change Lab has launched a 141-page Beyond Gas: A Campaign Toolkit for South Africa, adding a new research and communications resource to an increasingly consequential debate over fossil gas,…
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Guterres calls for tripled climate adaptation finance as East Africa’s food insecurity reaches 40.3 million
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAfrican Policy WatchAgriculturecircular economyClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEast AfricaEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityMarkets & FinancepolicyPolicy & GovernancePolicy & RegulationRegionsSocial ResponsibilitySociety & DevelopmentSustainabilitySustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Francis Mwangi 240 views 9 minutes readUN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a tripling of climate adaptation finance and universal access to early-warning systems by 2027 as East Africa confronts a worsening convergence of climate…
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African development fund approves $9.82 million climate-resilient water and sanitation grant for Eritrea
AfricaAfrican Businessesblue economyCarbon offsetingClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityGeneralHealthOpinionpolicypollutionPollution & WasteRegionsSustainabilitySustainability reportingSustainable developmenturban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Francis Mwangi 230 views 7 minutes readThe African Development Fund has approved a $9.82 million grant to strengthen climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene services in Eritrea, directing concessional climate finance towards rural water infrastructure, health centres,…
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