Ecosystem Restoration, MauritiusGuest WriterBaie du Cap, Mauritius, coastal village, African coastal village, Gérard Bernard, African fisherman, Reef Conservation Society, Indian Ocean, coral reef, climate change, climate change mitigation, herbicides, pesticides, coral bleaching, Eco-Sud, Shashi Chumun, Marine Park Mauritius, Marine Park, Blue Bay Mauritius, Blue Bay, Seychelles, UNDP, Indian Ocean Commission

An Underwater Makeover on Paradise Island

A coastal community is working to restore the beaches and the fish population on the paradise island of Mauritius by farming coral.

Ecosystem Restoration, MauritiusGuest WriterBaie du Cap, Mauritius, coastal village, African coastal village, Gérard Bernard, African fisherman, Reef Conservation Society, Indian Ocean, coral reef, climate change, climate change mitigation, herbicides, pesticides, coral bleaching, Eco-Sud, Shashi Chumun, Marine Park Mauritius, Marine Park, Blue Bay Mauritius, Blue Bay, Seychelles, UNDP, Indian Ocean Commission
An Underwater Makeover on Paradise Island
Renewable Energy, Energy TransitionGuest WriterAfrican COP, COP27, COP27 Egypt, climate change mitigation, low-emission, renewable energy, African renewable energy, COP26, energy poverty, African energy poverty, Gabriel Stanciu, Wanjira Mathai, World Resources Institute, Nigeria, Nigerian oil, Oil Change International, OCI, Paris Agreement, International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, African GDP, oil and gas, East African Crude Oil Pipeline, EACOP, Tanzania, Tandolwethu Lukuko, National Node Coordinator, South African Climate Action Network, Jason Richard, African solar energy, solar energy, African hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power, African wind energy, wind energy, African energy crisis, European Union, United States of America, US, Khodani Mulaudzi, Climate Change Mitigation, South Africa, Africa Just and Affordable Energy Transition Initiative, AJAETI, 2063, JET, just energy transition, African just energy transition

African Climate Experts Advise African Governments to Ignore COP27's Soft Stance on Fossil Fuels

Africa's climate experts urge the continent to look beyond COP27's faux arguments for fossil fuels and adopt cleaner energy sources.

Renewable Energy, Energy TransitionGuest WriterAfrican COP, COP27, COP27 Egypt, climate change mitigation, low-emission, renewable energy, African renewable energy, COP26, energy poverty, African energy poverty, Gabriel Stanciu, Wanjira Mathai, World Resources Institute, Nigeria, Nigerian oil, Oil Change International, OCI, Paris Agreement, International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, African GDP, oil and gas, East African Crude Oil Pipeline, EACOP, Tanzania, Tandolwethu Lukuko, National Node Coordinator, South African Climate Action Network, Jason Richard, African solar energy, solar energy, African hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power, African wind energy, wind energy, African energy crisis, European Union, United States of America, US, Khodani Mulaudzi, Climate Change Mitigation, South Africa, Africa Just and Affordable Energy Transition Initiative, AJAETI, 2063, JET, just energy transition, African just energy transition
African Climate Experts Advise African Governments to Ignore COP27's Soft Stance on Fossil Fuels
Climate Finance, Climate Goals, ZimbabweGuest WriterClimate Change Management, Benjamin Kwenda, Meteorological Services Department, cyclone activity, climate action, climate finance, African climate action, African climate finance, Zimbabwe climate finance, Zimbabwe climate action, greenhouse gas emissions, Washington Zhakata, European Union, United Kingdom, United States of America, US, Uk, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, maize production, Zimbabwe agriculture, Zimbabwe agribusiness, dam construction, Zimbabwe dam construction, livestock production, Zimbabwe livestock production, Climate Action Network Zimbabwe, COP27, COP27 Egypt, Gilbert Mponda, Tapiwa Gomo, Zambezi river

Chasing Climate Goals in A Sanctions-Targeted Country

Zimbabwe's Director of Climate Change Management has his work cut out for him as the country chases down a 40% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2030.

Climate Finance, Climate Goals, ZimbabweGuest WriterClimate Change Management, Benjamin Kwenda, Meteorological Services Department, cyclone activity, climate action, climate finance, African climate action, African climate finance, Zimbabwe climate finance, Zimbabwe climate action, greenhouse gas emissions, Washington Zhakata, European Union, United Kingdom, United States of America, US, Uk, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, maize production, Zimbabwe agriculture, Zimbabwe agribusiness, dam construction, Zimbabwe dam construction, livestock production, Zimbabwe livestock production, Climate Action Network Zimbabwe, COP27, COP27 Egypt, Gilbert Mponda, Tapiwa Gomo, Zambezi river
Chasing Climate Goals in A Sanctions-Targeted Country
Renewable FinanceBonface Orucho, Bird Story AgencyAfrica, Middle East, green energy goals, South Africa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, green hydrogen, green hydrogen plant, green hydrogen plant Africa, green hydrogen plant South Africa, ACWA Power, renewable energy, African renewable energy, Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program, REIPPPP, Senegal, desalination, sub-Saharan Africa, Grande Côte, Dakar, Gas-to-Power strategy, National Electricity Company of Senegal, Cap des Biches, Masdar, Tanzania, Zanzibar solar energy, Tanzania solar energy, Oman, Central African Republic, Central African Republic renewable energy, Saudi Fund for Development, Bangui, Al Fanar, Egypt, Egypt green hydrogen, Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, EETC, Suez Canal Economic Zone, SCZone, New and Renewable Energy Authority, NREA, green ammonia, Egypt green ammonia, Morocco, Gulf States, Clean Energy Business Council, renewable energy investments in Africa, renewable finance, African renewable finance, James Muchiri, Africa energy markets, energy markets, renewable energy investment, energy management, decentralisation of energy management, African energy sector

Ties That Bind: Africa and Middle East Deepening Renewable Energy Partnerships

New partnerships between Africa and the Gulf states are tipped to spur investments into the continent's renewable energy sector.

Renewable FinanceBonface Orucho, Bird Story AgencyAfrica, Middle East, green energy goals, South Africa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, green hydrogen, green hydrogen plant, green hydrogen plant Africa, green hydrogen plant South Africa, ACWA Power, renewable energy, African renewable energy, Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program, REIPPPP, Senegal, desalination, sub-Saharan Africa, Grande Côte, Dakar, Gas-to-Power strategy, National Electricity Company of Senegal, Cap des Biches, Masdar, Tanzania, Zanzibar solar energy, Tanzania solar energy, Oman, Central African Republic, Central African Republic renewable energy, Saudi Fund for Development, Bangui, Al Fanar, Egypt, Egypt green hydrogen, Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, EETC, Suez Canal Economic Zone, SCZone, New and Renewable Energy Authority, NREA, green ammonia, Egypt green ammonia, Morocco, Gulf States, Clean Energy Business Council, renewable energy investments in Africa, renewable finance, African renewable finance, James Muchiri, Africa energy markets, energy markets, renewable energy investment, energy management, decentralisation of energy management, African energy sector
Ties That Bind: Africa and Middle East Deepening Renewable Energy Partnerships
Automotive Industry, Electric Vehicles, KenyaGuest WriterKenya, Nigeria, electric vehicles, public transport, BasiGo, African mobility, electric buses, Metro Africa, e-mobility, startup, crowdfunding, African crowdfunding, African entrepreneurship, KenGen, hydroelectric power, pay-as-you-drive, Jit Bhattacharya, renewable energy, African renewable energy, Abraham Serem, Cameroon, Uganda, Egypt, AEMDA, Tom Courtright, Association for Electric Mobility and Development in Africa, Mordor Intelligence, Bird Story Agency

Get Ready for More Electric Vehicles on Africa's Roads in 2023

Automotive Industry, Electric Vehicles, KenyaGuest WriterKenya, Nigeria, electric vehicles, public transport, BasiGo, African mobility, electric buses, Metro Africa, e-mobility, startup, crowdfunding, African crowdfunding, African entrepreneurship, KenGen, hydroelectric power, pay-as-you-drive, Jit Bhattacharya, renewable energy, African renewable energy, Abraham Serem, Cameroon, Uganda, Egypt, AEMDA, Tom Courtright, Association for Electric Mobility and Development in Africa, Mordor Intelligence, Bird Story Agency
Get Ready for More Electric Vehicles on Africa's Roads in 2023
Uganda, Automotive Industry, Electric VehiclesNobantu ModiseKiira Motors Cooperation, Makerere University, Kiira EV Smack, Kiira EVS, Kayoola Diesel Coach, Kayoola Solar Bus, Kayoola EVS, Ugandan Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation, Yoweri Museveni, The Pearl of Africa, East Africa, Office of the President, Bulamu Medical Ventilator

One to Watch: Kiira Motors Uganda

Uganda, Automotive Industry, Electric VehiclesNobantu ModiseKiira Motors Cooperation, Makerere University, Kiira EV Smack, Kiira EVS, Kayoola Diesel Coach, Kayoola Solar Bus, Kayoola EVS, Ugandan Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation, Yoweri Museveni, The Pearl of Africa, East Africa, Office of the President, Bulamu Medical Ventilator
One to Watch: Kiira Motors Uganda
Namibia, Fire EcologyThe Conversationfire, fire research, human wildlife confict, colonization, colonial disruption, fire safety, fire season, fire ecology, biodiversity, rural communities, Mali, Bwabwata National Park, Southern Africa, Southern Hemisphere, Kavango- Zambezi Transfontier Conservation Area, wildlife, national park, tourism, Khwe- San, hunter gatherers, Mbukushu, agro-pastoralists, hunting, colonial occupation, policy, environmental policy, fire management, dry season, ecological management, forestry sector, timber production, subsistence, culture, independence, inter-ethnic conflict, deforestation, South African Defence Force, international tourism, fire suppression, NGO, Namibian wildlife, April, July, vegetation, climate change, global climate change, Glynis Joy Humphrey, Gina Ziervogel, Lindsey GillsonComment

Namibian Fire Ecology: Trusting local knowledge

The Wisdom of Indigenous Knowledge in Managing Biodiversity

Namibia, Fire EcologyThe Conversationfire, fire research, human wildlife confict, colonization, colonial disruption, fire safety, fire season, fire ecology, biodiversity, rural communities, Mali, Bwabwata National Park, Southern Africa, Southern Hemisphere, Kavango- Zambezi Transfontier Conservation Area, wildlife, national park, tourism, Khwe- San, hunter gatherers, Mbukushu, agro-pastoralists, hunting, colonial occupation, policy, environmental policy, fire management, dry season, ecological management, forestry sector, timber production, subsistence, culture, independence, inter-ethnic conflict, deforestation, South African Defence Force, international tourism, fire suppression, NGO, Namibian wildlife, April, July, vegetation, climate change, global climate change, Glynis Joy Humphrey, Gina Ziervogel, Lindsey GillsonComment
Namibian Fire Ecology: Trusting local knowledge
Solar EclipseNobantu Modiseannular eclipse, eclipse, solar eclipse, summer solstice, summer, Northern Hemisphere, new moon, ring of fire, ring of fire eclipse, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Red Sea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, China, Taiwan, Philipines, Philipine Sea, Australia, Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Southern Hemisphere, june solstice, winter solsticeComment

"Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse

Enjoy the 2020 Annular Eclipse

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"Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse
Ecosystem Restoration, World Environment DayNobantu ModiseClimate Action, SDG, UNEP, World Environment Day, World Environment Day 2020, Beat Pollution, Breathe Life, Ecosystem Restoration, United Nations, Sub Saharan Africa, soil erosion, pollution, stop pollution, clean water, sanitation, clean energy, clean energy solutions, food security, poverty reduction, end poverty, earth school

World Environment Day

Celebrated Today, For Tomorrow & Every Breathing Day

Ecosystem Restoration, World Environment DayNobantu ModiseClimate Action, SDG, UNEP, World Environment Day, World Environment Day 2020, Beat Pollution, Breathe Life, Ecosystem Restoration, United Nations, Sub Saharan Africa, soil erosion, pollution, stop pollution, clean water, sanitation, clean energy, clean energy solutions, food security, poverty reduction, end poverty, earth school
World Environment Day
Ocean Protection, Documentary FilmNobantu Modisewaste picking, street surfers, ocean protection, Corona, Parley, marine plastic pollution, plastic pollution, plastic waste, redesign plastic, plastic products, protect paradise, Frank Solomon, Eyeforce, pro surfer, big wave surfer, Thabo Mouti, South Africa, Johannesburg, Cape Town, environmental activists, Nobantu Modise, Modise, Soweto, diversity, friendshipComment

Watch: The Ocean's Heroes

Street Surfers Are Recycling’s Kings

Ocean Protection, Documentary FilmNobantu Modisewaste picking, street surfers, ocean protection, Corona, Parley, marine plastic pollution, plastic pollution, plastic waste, redesign plastic, plastic products, protect paradise, Frank Solomon, Eyeforce, pro surfer, big wave surfer, Thabo Mouti, South Africa, Johannesburg, Cape Town, environmental activists, Nobantu Modise, Modise, Soweto, diversity, friendshipComment
Watch: The Ocean's Heroes