Rhino, elephant poaching declines in Namibia
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia recorded fewer cases of rhino and elephant poaching this year compared to recent years, the southern African nation’s minister of environment and tourism said on Monday.
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Israel's water worries return after four years of drought
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - It was a source of national pride - technology and discipline besting a crippling lack of water. But four years of drought have overtaxed Israel’s unmatched array of desalination
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London introduces vehicle pollution levy in new blow to diesel
LONDON (Reuters) - London brought in a new levy on the oldest and most polluting cars entering the city centre from Monday, almost doubling how much motorists have to pay in the latest blow to diesel.
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U.S. companies act on climate despite Trump: survey
OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. companies are still among the most ambitious in setting targets to combat global warming despite President Donald Trump’s plans to quit the 195-nation Paris climate agreement, a 2017
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U.S. government should manage climate risks as costs soar: GAO report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government should adopt a strategy to manage climate change risks, as their cost to the government may rise as much as $35 billion per year by mid-century, a congressional
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Forest fires stoke record loss in world tree cover: monitor
OSLO (Reuters) - Forest fires in Brazil and Indonesia contributed to a record loss in global tree cover in 2016, equivalent to the size of New Zealand, that could accelerate deforestation blamed for climate
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Nicaragua to join Paris climate accord, leaving US and Syria isolated
Nicaragua is set to join the Paris climate agreement, according to an official statement and comments from the vice-president, Rosario Murillo, on Monday, in a move that leaves the United States and Syria
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Ocean acidification is deadly threat to marine life, finds eight-year study
Plastic pollution, overfishing, global warming and increased acidification from burning fossil fuels means oceans are increasingly hostile to marine life If the outlook for marine life was already looking
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Tanzania: Over 40m Infected With HIV in Two Decades- Govt
Dodoma — The number of Tanzanians who are turning out for voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/Aids has increased from 1,898 in 1997 to 42, 021,146 by June, this year. Moreover, in a period of twenty
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Namibia: 37 Percent of Namibians Hungry and Undernourished
THE prevalence of undernourishment in Namibia was last measured at 37% in 2016, while 24% of children under the age of five are stunted. The United Nations' resident coordinator and United Nations Development
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South Africa: Agriculrure, Forestry and Fisheries On Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Since the first case of HPAI was confirmed in a broiler breeder operation near Villiers, Mpumalanga in June 2017, a number of other poultry and ostrich operations, as well as wild bird species, hobby birds
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Report: Safer African roads protect lives but also boost sustainable development
Traffic fatalities in Africa remain the highest in the world by far when compared with those of other continents, and amount to some 300,000 lost lives per year, according to data presented at Africa Road
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Plans underway to rescue River Nile from threat
NBI Executive Director Engineer Innocent Ntabana, said here yesterday the crisis in the river that flows northward through Lake Victoria in Tanzania and drains into the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be
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The surprising way artificial sweeteners are being used to detect water pollution
Artificial sweeteners pop up in products all over the grocery store, from diet soda to yogurt, to help people keep calories down and pounds off. It turns out their popularity has given artificial sweeteners—sucralose
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Renewables will give more people access to electricity than coal, says IEA
The report says that while coal has supplied nearly half of the progress from 2000 to date, its role is set to decline “dramatically”. This is because renewables are becoming cheaper and because the hardest-to-reach
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Economic headwinds buffet once-resilient Sumatran forest-farms
For more than a century, agroforests in the Sumatran port town of Krui used to be a prime example of how interspersing native tree species among crops could give locals an economic alternative to the ubiquitous
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Cape Town joins 11 major global cities vowing to use only zero-emission buses
Oslo — Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emission buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030
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Ivory seizures hit record levels last year, report says
Ivory seizures around the world hit record levels last year, with elephant poaching in Africa declining for a fifth year in a row, a report says. About 40 tonnes of trafficked ivory was recovered, the
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Southeast Asia energy outlook 2017
The ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are among the most dynamic parts of the global energy system and a rising force in international energy affairs. Thanks to its growing partnership
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Centre tweaks groundwater extraction rules for industry
It Will Hasten Crisis, Claim Activists Seeking to have uniform regulatory framework on groundwater use across the country , the Centre has come out with draft guidelines which stipulate existing and new