June 02, 2017 As Donald Trump finally announced his long-awaited decision for the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, civil society representatives and social movement leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States vowed to build people power to address the climate crisis. “The U.S. pull-out from the Paris Agreement should […]

June 02, 2017 An IAEA project shows that significant reserves of good quality water are available in Africa’s drought-prone Sahel region. Pollution is still limited and has not yet become a serious threat to these vital resources. The findings, compiled in five reports, are the result of a four-year Agency effort to help 13 countries […]

May 16, 2017 Even with some large arid and semi-arid areas, the Africa’s vast water resources are, on average underutilized, with only about 2-3 percent of renewable water resource in use, compared to five percent worldwide. Africa is also home to an abundant supply of labour for agriculture-related products and services. However, 153 million individuals […]

One of the key outcomes of the COP22 in Marrakech was the establishment of a new transparency fund with the injection of some USD50 million by some developed countries, to encourage transparency efforts in the fight against climate change. African civil society organizations under the aegis of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) to […]

April 23, 2017 Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has rallied other African leaders to harmonize their thinking on issues to do with land, in-land water and Ocean resources for the continent’s development. He notes that it is not just the leadership deficit that Africa lacks but ideology and strategy. Museveni was on April 23, 2017 speaking […]