The recent events in North Africa, and the ripple effect they have set off in the wider region, have once again highlighted how close our two continents are. The changes underway are encouraging, but also present their fair share of challenges: for our partner countries which have started to build genuine democratic societies; and for […]
As UN climate negotiations continued their slow start, Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia outlined a clear vision to move negotiations forward. Ambassador Solon in a press conference addressed : Possible outcomes from the annual climate conference, to be held in Durban, South Africa in December; the importance of forest protection to […]
Increasing demand for water continues to threaten the livelihood of millions of small-scale farmers who depend on water for their crops. At a time when one in eight people lacks access to safe water, the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet project (www.NourishingthePlanet.org) points to low-cost, small-scale innovations to better manage this vital resource. Worldwatch’s recently […]
The government has promised to resettle all people affected living in mountainous areas to avoid the re-occurrence of the March 2010 landslides in Bududa district of eastern Uganda. The landslides killed about 300 people and left more than 8,000 without shelter. About 2,500 of the Bududa landslide victims were transferred to a resettlement camp in […]
Uganda has moved to ease tensions between Egypt and other Nile Basin member countries over the new Cooperative Framework Agreement for the use of River Nile that is aimed at establishing a new order on the use of the river, which is a key resource in eastern and northern Africa. Egypt and Sudan are yet […]
Today, as the UN climate talks came to a close in Bangkok, Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia released UN statistics that showed, contrary to conventional wisdom, that developing countries are taking more climate action than developed countries. “What’s on the table in these negotiations is that 65% of emission reductions happen […]
Countries that share the Nile waters are not about to agree on how to equitably share the River Nile waters following the postponement of a meeting Kampala where Nile Basin Initiative countries should have agreed on the matter.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the agreement reached at the United Nations climate change talks in Cancún as an “important success for a world much in need of it,”. Known as the Cancún agreements, nations after a two week meeting agreed a package of decisions to help countries advance towards a low-emissions future, […]
Hundreds of millions of people across the world will receive daily updates on the latest international efforts to tackle climate change thanks to an innovative media support programme. The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) has awarded 35 journalists from across the developing world with fellowships to Mexico to provide vital coverage of the annual Conference […]
News Release A key water resource that will grow in importance as climate change takes hold is currently going largely unmeasured — with big implications for poor communities in developing nations, says research published today (15 November 2010). The International Institute for Environment and Development’s study shows that hundreds of millions of urban people in […]