It bears repeating: the first Global Stocktake (GST) is a report card on the progress of global climate action and a key guidance for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Countries have gone into this process well aware of the gaps between what is needed and what is being done with respect to all subjects on the report card, knowing Read More …
Author: Ivan Mawanda
Battle looms over renewed plastic treaty negotitions
Representatives from 175 nations meet in Nairobi from Monday to negotiate for the first time what concrete measures should be included in a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution. Nations agreed last year to finalise by 2024 a world-first UN treaty to address the scourge of plastics found everywhere from mountain tops to ocean depths, and within human blood and Read More …
Our children’s future: a call to end childhood lead poisoning
International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action: 22–28 October 2023 The International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action shines a global spotlight on the continuing and pressing need to end childhood lead poisoning and emphasizes the importance of safeguarding our most vulnerable populations from the dangers of lead exposure. Lead is a toxic metal that is used for many purposes. Read More …
Seize Opportunity to End Last Major Mercury Device
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-5) will take place from Monday, 30 October to Friday, 3 November 2023 at the International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. More than eight hundred participants – including Parties’ representatives, non-parties governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN bodies and NGOs – are already confirmed to attend Read More …
GRASSROOT COMMUNITIES AT THE FOREFRONT OF ENDING GENDERBASED VIOLENCE IN BUNYORO REGION
Beatrice Makune a 45 year old widow from Kasomoro village in Kyabigambire Sub County in Hoima district had for 6 years struggled with her in-laws from over land ownership following the death of her husband. Married at the age of 15, Makune struggled to purchase land with her late husband. However, trouble started when her husband passed on 6 years Read More …
White Rhino Population Sees First Growth in a Decade
The population of southern white rhinos has increased for the first time in a decade, according to a recent announcement by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). They conducted their annual survey and found that there are now approximately 16,803 white rhinos, marking a 5.6% increase from the previous year. This is a significant development Read More …
Climate Finance & Sustainability Center launched at MUBS to boost information and research
A one-stop center that will enable the public, researchers, and experts, among others access all information regarding climate financing and data for making informed research has been launched at Makerere University Business School (MUBS) This has been made possible through a partnership of different players including MUBS, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, ARIN Africa, and The Civil Society Budget Read More …
‘Forever chemical’ exposure linked to higher cancer odds in women
Women exposed to several widely used chemicals appear to face increased odds for ovarian and other types of cancers, including a doubling of odds for melanoma, according to new research funded by the US government. Using data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a team of academic researchers found evidence that women diagnosed with some “hormonally Read More …
When Environmental Dreams Turn Into Corporate Buzzwords
‘Circular economy’ is the hot new term at a plastics conference “Everyone is talking about the circular economy, but nobody seems to know what it means.” “We all need to move away from it, we need to stop making excuses for it, we need to stop trying to make the economy off of it. Stop giving fossil fuels a lifeline.” Read More …
SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR STUBBORN PROBLEMS: HOW BEES ARE DETERRING ELEPHANTS FROM INVADING CROPS IN RUBIRIZI DISTRICT
These have been erected by women under the Katara Women Poverty Alleviation Group to guard their farmlands against elephants which usually stray into their gardens looking for food. With the frequent crossing of the elephants to the gardens the area is one of the hot spots for the human – elephant conflicts in Uganda. Some farmers have built makeshift houses near the National Park boundary where Read More …