From salmon spawning grounds in Canada to coral reefs in Indonesia, ecosystems around the world are being restored at an unprecedented rate. Some 252 million hectares across 149 countries – an area of land and sea roughly the size of Kazakhstan – are currently under restoration, making this the largest documented effort of its kind…
A search is underway for three armed men who broke into a mansion in Toronto, Canada, belonging to a real estate CEO in the early morning hours Thursday and attacked and injured the family inside, authorities said. The suspects, who were masked, forced their way through a back entrance of the five-bedroom home in the…
Yerevan, Armenia — At the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP17, the presence of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) is impossible to miss. Indigenous representatives speak at side events, participate in contact groups, advise negotiators and engage across multiple forums shaping the future of global biodiversity policy. Yet amid this growing visibility, one message…
Kolok takes on Kodak Alaris’s scanner range in new South African distribution deal. Document scanning technology provider Kodak Alaris has appointed IT and office technology distributor Kolok to distribute its full range of document scanner hardware in SA. The companies aim to improve product availability, extend reseller coverage and make the portfolio more accessible to customers across…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s green development initiatives provide a practical lesson for African countries seeking to reduce emissions and advance climate action, UN-Habitat Regional Office for Africa Director Oumar Sylla said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, Sylla commended Ethiopia’s efforts to curb emissions through clean cooking, cleaner energy for vehicles, green corridors and large-scale…
Vatican confirms the pope submitted a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of November 3 midterm elections Pope Leo XIV has become the first pontiff to vote in a United States general election after casting a mail-in ballot in Chicago, where he was born. The Vatican confirmed on Friday that the pope submitted a…
Nairobi — African countries need stronger biodiversity data systems, technical expertise and sustainable financing to translate global conservation commitments into measurable action, regional institutions have warned. The warning emerged at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17), where African regional institutions highlighted gaps in biodiversity monitoring, data sharing and institutional capacity that could hinder implementation of the…
The author, the JSE’s Alicia Greenwood Adopting AI has proved considerably easier than turning it into measurable enterprise value. McKinsey’s 2026 State of AI survey found that 80% of respondents believe AI has improved their individual productivity, but only 37% report any impact from AI on earnings before interest and tax. Organisations have moved quickly…
COP31 co-host Australia’s fossil fuel exports produced more emissions than the combined 44 “least developed countries” in the 10 years since the Paris Agreement, a new Global Witness analysis of Australian government data can reveal Following Paris’s landmark COP21 climate conference in 2015 – where countries agreed to make efforts to keep global heating below…
A record-breaking hack at Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is a reminder of the risks investors take when trusting a company to hold their digital tokens. Binance said Friday that the security breach affected about $6.3 billion in client assets, making it the largest crypto hack on record. Around $3 billion of the affected…
