Entrepreneurs receive funds to ensure survival
AMOS REED, a Philipstown farmer, is one of a number of Northern Cape entrepreneurs, who has received support during the COVID-19 pandemic. For Amos, this...
Category : Greening And Environment
CBIIL deploys sap technology to connect farmers to Agri value chain
Africa’s most populous country and largest economy faces rising food insecurity as a combination of a mostly informal agriculture sector and growing population puts pressure...
Climate-smart cassava gets new use in Zambia: hand sanitizer
A nationwide shortage of sanitizer ingredients means the average consumers have been struggled to purchase alcohol-based sanitizer from supermarkets during the Covid-19 lockdown. According to...
UNEP start-up challenge winners show how business can build back better from COVID-19
The 2020 winners of a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) start-up initiative are demonstrating business solutions that will help Asia build back better and greener after...
Harnessing tech to employ last-mile tree planters in a COVID-19 world
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental sustainability. Environmental, social and governance investments were high on the agenda at...
Public poll shows a huge majority of the world s concerned about the climate crisis during COVID-19
The Earth Day 2020 survey measured public opinion from many of the world’s principle producers, buyers, and populations, and almost all metrics suggest that a...
Portugal prepares billion-dollar clean energy projects for post-coronavirus future
Spared from the ravages of COVID-19 suffered by her neighbor Spain, Portugal is aiming to leap, rather than tip-toe, out of their lockdown initiatives by...
Nestlé-IDH partnership to boost sourcing practices in Central, West Africa
Multinational food and beverage giant Nestlé has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, as part of the Grown Sustainably in Africa...
EWT to celebrate and support World Migratory Bird Day this month
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) will be celebrating and supporting World Migratory Bird Day on 9 May 2020. The theme of this year’s celebrations is...
Global greenhouse gas emissions estimated to fall by 8% in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global economy in more than seven decades, but new research says that the outbreaks are likely...