Follow AllAfrica News: Environment, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-environment Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:34:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4GU0Gtls9VhzuifqJurszLU [Premium Times] The agency's work is shifting the narrative from Africa being a victim to solution to climate change - Osinbajo]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:50:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4GU0Gtls9VhzuifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4GLTohaYYY7sG7fhEn5oRuR [Ghanaian Times] Ghana is in the final stages of becoming the first African country to issue Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licence to cover its timber and wood products traded on the European market.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:14:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4GLTohaYYY7sG7fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4H897-KJNe06wX50KYzL9tX [New Times] Despite having ample water resources, Rwanda faces a significant challenge in terms of water storage capacity, as revealed by a recent report from the Rwanda Water Resources Board.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:52:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4H897-KJNe06wX50KYzL9tX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4GR-THAXwYbR5u9CxXrVx4c [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Naivasha Water and Sewerage Company (NAIVAWASCO) employees are calling for a relocation of the hippos from Lake Naivasha following the death of their colleague after a hippo attacked him.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:25:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4GR-THAXwYbR5u9CxXrVx4c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4E-idsjZ5KuXoMOI2eu70Rg [Premium Times] "It is important that we acknowledge that President Bola Tinubu has made a commitment to continue to support the states that are going through flood-related matters through NEMA."]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:09:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4E-idsjZ5KuXoMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FX-db6FTjXlFe5jCclomp- [The Conversation Africa] As our planet warms, we're experiencing more frequent and severe weather events, rising sea levels, prolonged droughts and altered ecosystems. These environmental shifts directly affect people's livelihoods by destroying crops and depleting water sources. They make once-inhabitable areas uninhabitable.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:09:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FX-db6FTjXlFe5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FX-db6FTjXlEoy9CZgXDJO [Nile Post] The Green Africa Youth Organisation(GAYO) Uganda, a youth-driven NGO that builds capacity to protect the environment and support sustainable community-based development has called for an effective circular economy management and bolstering resilience against climate risks.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:03:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FX-db6FTjXlEoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNnReIF_fEM9tn [Daily Maverick] The City of Cape Town has a Climate Change Strategy and Winter Readiness Programme, but it will probably have to do more to prepare for future extreme weather events.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:53:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNnReIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNnSuZukmJ4mr4 [Daily Maverick] A draft government policy proposes to end the keeping of lions for commercial purposes, as well as phasing out intensive commercial breeding of rhinos and regulating leopard hunting.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:52:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNnSuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNndKEpFgimKzx [Daily Maverick] As parts of the Western Cape grapple with the aftermath of a destructive weather system that tore off rooftops and submerged roads, Daily Maverick spoke to experts who explained what happened and why it may happen again.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:51:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNndKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNneGrEXdXG_66 [Daily Maverick] The partnership announced between the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, SANParks and TotalEnergies makes a mockery of efforts to fight climate change by giving one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases a chance to seem to be supporting conservation.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:50:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNneGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNnf9M7fKGWt0o [Daily Maverick] Johannesburg residents and businesses are battling under the strain of the protracted water crisis, which has left them feeling abandoned by the Metro.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:48:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4ElxYBt2PdNnf9M7fKGWt0o https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FLVD6w38Y8H1hGNgNo2_0q [SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has re-emphasised the call for developed economy countries to fulfil their pledge to assist developing nations in their transition to low carbon economies.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:27:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FLVD6w38Y8H1hGNgNo2_0q https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FhG9AapyqZg-ifqJurszLU [Vanguard] Abuja -- AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate 2023 World Rivers Day, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Monday, raised concerns over the threat of climate change, indiscriminate pollution of water bodies and other factors.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:57:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FhG9AapyqZg-ifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FbyQqiEuMUgi1Ly282xAAw [The Conversation Africa] Everybody who visits Kasanka National Park in Zambia during "bat season" agrees that the evening emergence of African straw-coloured fruit bats from their roost site is one of the wildlife wonders of the world. The bats (Eidolon helvum) arrive at Kasanka every year around October. The numbers swell rapidly until they peak in November. By January they are gone again.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:30:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FbyQqiEuMUgi1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FDeVotkh_6bslTP0vptTFR [Daily News] Ngorongoro -- ARUSHA: THE Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) plans to introduce two more new entry gates at Engaruka and Eyasi areas to improve services for tourists entering the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:00:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4FDeVotkh_6bslTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G28dFJhBLf7t3hDS9njgCr [African Union] Stakeholders from across Africa and beyond gathered at the "Towards Energy Transition in Africa through Geothermal Energy Development" a side event of Africa Climate Summit 2023 took place on the 5th September 2023, discuss accelerating geothermal energy development on the continent. The Summit highlighted geothermal energy's crucial role in supporting Africa's energy transition goals through a stable, renewable and indigenous energy source.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:50:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G28dFJhBLf7t3hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G28dFJhBLf7htLdxSOwF-n [African Union] The Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission delivered strong remarks highlighting Africa's leadership in global climate action at the High Level Dialogue on the 1. °C Energy Transition held ahead of COP28. Organised by the COP28 Presidency (United Arab Emirates) and the International Energy Commission (IEA), the dialogue was held on 6th September 2023, on the side line of the Africa Climate Summit. The event brought together senior government officials and energy]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:50:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G28dFJhBLf7htLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G4sxbcOzY7YS3FFO_xyF25 [SAnews.gov.za] The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is expected to probe the construction of Phase 1 upgrades and urgent refurbishment at the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:54:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G4sxbcOzY7YS3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G4sxbcOzY7YeGrEXdXG_66 [Govt of SA] Gauteng municipalities to devise concrete plans aimed at addressing the current and future water challenges]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:50:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWU3RtF4V4G4sxbcOzY7YeGrEXdXG_66