Sustainability

AgriculturePolitics & Policy

Uganda wins three-year seat on UN industrial development board

The board oversees implementation of the organisation's work programme and budgets, and makes recommendations on policy matters, including the appointment of the director-general
A woman harvests coffee berries in Yangambi, DR Congo
AgricultureEnvironment

Factory farming’s African expansion threatens pastoral traditions and climate goals

Africa's traditional pastoral livestock farming, a centuries-old lifeline, is being supplanted as development banks pivot funds towards industrial, mass-scale production
A herd of cows standing side by side in pens in a barn.
Energy, Oil & GasEnvironment

Why funding nature-based solutions is crucial to tackling climate change and biodiversity loss

Nature-based investments are already profitable and scalable, and could create 395 million jobs by 2030, but receive only 15% of the investment of traditional climate solutions
A river in the city of eThekwini in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. eThekwini is addressing climate risks in the Greater Durban area by restoring rivers and implementing community-led management programmes. In addition to collecting more than 100 tonnes of waste and clearing 98 hectares of invasive species, the nature-based initiative has created more than 1,000 jobs since its launch in 2022.
Politics & Policy

African ideas for reforming global institutions by far the best

Africans bear the brunt of the failings of global institutions; they are therefore strong advocates for global governance and financial reform, and for new, bold, sustainable investments
A street scene of Arusha, Tanzania