Environmental Impact

Environmental Groups Reject Offshore Drilling Proposal in S.A

The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise in S.A are rejecting the proposed draft scoping report on offshore oil and gas exploration drilling in the southern part of the Deep-Water Orange Basin, off the West Coast. The Green Connection Neville van Rooy says the project impacts on the country’s commitment to address the climate crisis and move toward a just energy transition.

3 March, 2025 74

Environment

New UN report says greenhouse gas emissions “out of control”

A new United Nations report suggests that annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high. The UN Environment Programme says urgent action must be taken to prevent catastrophic spikes in temperature and avoid the worst impact of climate change. Jody Jacobs has more from the United Nations in New York.

25 October, 2024 60

Health / Medical

England Set to Ban Disposable Vapes

The sale of disposable vapes in England will be banned from next June. The government says it's to reduce environmental damage and protect the health of children. One study found around a million people in England vape without ever having smoked cigarettes. Critics claim vaping has helped millions of adults give up smoking, and say a ban will lead to a black market which will put children at risk. Hazel […]

24 October, 2024 102

Africa

Zimbabwe considers elephant culling for food amid drought

Zimbabwe is considering culling elephants for the first time since 1988 as the country grapples with a devastating drought. Environment Minister Sithembiso Nyoni told lawmakers in Mount Hampden, near Harare, that discussions are underway to cull elephants and distribute the meat to drought-stricken communities in need of protein. This move comes as Zimbabwe faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades, leaving many communities food insecure. According to Bloomberg […]

12 September, 2024 94

Africa

South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change?

Abandoned homes in South Sudan. rameesha bilal shah / shutterstock By Liz Stephens, University of Reading and Jacob Levi, Charité – Berlin University of Medicine Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of thousands of people there were already forced from their homes by huge floods […]

12 September, 2024 68

Africa

Ghana is Africa’s largest gold producer, but it has an illegal mining issue: 5 essential reads

By Godfred Boafo, The Conversation Ghana is one of the world’s gold hotspots. It is Africa’s largest producer of gold and it ranks sixth globally. In 2023, 4 million ounces were produced. It is essential to Ghana’s economy, contributing around 7% of gross domestic product. Ghana’s gold mines are found in most parts of the country, and the mining history can be traced back hundreds of years. However, […]

11 September, 2024 37

Africa

Uganda police detain 21 activists over oil protest

Police in Uganda have detained 21 environmental activists for demonstrating against ongoing oil developments in the west of the country. The campaigners argue the multi-billion-dollar oil project will have dire consequences for the local communities and the environment. Michael Baleke reports from Kampala. News Central Africa reports Total Energies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation are conducting drilling activities in Lake Albert. The lake is believed to hold […]

27 August, 2024 90

Africa

Supply chains should make the world better, not worse – it’s time for a rethink

By Ralph Hamann, University of Cape Town; Chien-Ming Chen, Nanyang Technological University; Jury Gualandris, Western University; Kevin Dooley, Arizona State University; Martina Linnenluecke, University of Technology Sydney; Michael L. Barnett, Rutgers University; Miriam Wilhelm, Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Sergio Lazzarini, Institute of Education and Research (INSPER) Every product or service that you consume is part of a supply chain. Supply chains include an array of […]

15 August, 2024 24

Environment

Hopes fade for more survivors in Indian landslide rescue

Indian rescue crews scoured mud-caked tea plantations and villages Thursday with little hope of finding more survivors from successive landslides that killed around 200 people. Days of torrential monsoon rains have battered the southern coastal state of Kerala, with blocked roads into the Wayanad district disaster area complicating relief efforts since Tuesday. The number of fatal floods and landslides in India has increased in recent years and […]

1 August, 2024 32