The continent’s chances of moving towards circular business models are easier than in other continents where most infrastructures were built without their next life cycles in mind. Africa is potentially one of the most ‘ready-for-circularity’ continents because its ecological footprint

A new mobile application is bringing farmers in Africa the science of monitoring land restoration. The Regreening Africa App is part of an EU- funded project, which helps farmers, government agents and project officers to collect data on key indicators of land

The effects of climate change have severely impacted Lake Chad as an increase in the population and unplanned irrigation has shrunk the lake by 90% since the 1960s. Its basin has been a water source for between 20 million

Mau Forest has been affected by widespread unplanned settlements, irregular forest land allocation, and illegal extraction of forest resources. In addition, over 10% has been impacted by forest plantations by subsistence and cash crop farming and unregulated logging concessions. Scientists

Some environmental issues the savanna is experiencing include poaching or hunting, overgrazing, and destruction of land for commercial crops. Many animals in the savanna, such as the rhinoceros and zebra, are endangered and threatened with extinction due to hunting, poaching,

Most people in the Congo Basin remain heavily dependent on the forest for subsistence and raw materials, as a complement to agricultural activities. As populations rise, pressure on forests continues to increase. The rainforest risks being left in a

Where do all the old stuff and waste we generate go? From the package boxes, used cloths, e-wastes, used water bottles and can, medical waste, worn-out vehicle parts, food waste, and so on, without a doubt, they all end up

Solid waste workers have been indispensable to protecting cities around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their heroic examples, from India to Vietnam to Latin America, have helped cities keep moving. But a critical alignment of factors is making their survival harder. The working conditions of frontline solid

The UK is stepping up to drive climate action in Kenya, British High Commissioner Jane Marriott has announced. During a visit to Lake Baringo, she reaffirmed that the UK is doubling its commitment to providing international climate finance by KES

In addition, health­-related stressors such as COVID-19 have a high impact on the agricultural sector, by expositing the vulnerability of the food and distribution systems with the destabilization of supply chains and disruption of cross-border trade. On World Environment Day (5/06),

Each year, August 12  marks International Youth Day, with this year’s theme being Youth engagement for Global Action. Here, Sylvia Nagginda, the Nnabagereka (Queen) of Buganda, Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate change activist and Musonda Mumba, Head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)