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UN resolution calls for sport to drive sustainability and environmental change

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Football superstar Christiano Ronaldo. PHOTO/UGC/CR7Facebook. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The Seventh United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) passed a landmark resolution urging governments worldwide to leverage the power of sport to advance sustainability and environmental resilience. The resolution, which underscores the UN’s ongoing commitment to sustainable development, highlights the potential of sport not only as a…

GEF approves $372 million in funding to tackle environmental challenges worldwide

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

Thirty-six new programs and projects from the GEF family of funds will benefit 59 countries, including 21 Small Islands Developing States and 21 Least Developed Countries. PHOTO/GEF. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has announced the approval of more than $372 million in new funding to implement 36 innovative programs and projects…

Telkom’s smarter networks: Driving efficiency, environmental responsibility and universal access

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago08 mins

Lebo Masalesa, Managing Executive: Mobile Networks at Telkom. Telkom is making solid progress on its net‑zero strategy, which not only greens its network, but also builds a more resilient infrastructure that supports its universal access goals. This is according to Lebo Masalesa, Managing Executive: Mobile Networks at Telkom, who is spearheading the telco’s network modernisation…

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Africa: New Global Initiative Aims to Place Environmental Defenders At the Heart of Climate Decisions

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

Campaigners are hailing today’s COP30 launch of a new global initiative aimed at advancing the recognition, protection, and participation of environmental defenders in climate decision and policy-making. Co-created with more than 300 environmental activists and defenders across Latin America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and beyond, the new Leaders Action Network for Environmental Activists and Defenders (LEAD) initiative…

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Africa: From Culprit to Solution Provider – Financing Africa’s Sustainable Universal Healthcare Through Environmental Accountability

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Africa Must Pay Its Health Debt — Before the Planet Collects Africa’s most significant health crisis isn’t the next virus. It’s the quiet epidemic of polluted rivers, contaminated soil, and sick people left behind by decades of industrial neglect. From Ghana’s Galamsey pits to the oil-blackened streams of the Niger Delta, the continent has become…

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Africa: Why Africa’s Oceans Bear Brunt of Planet’s Environmental Crisis

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The world’s oceans are bearing the brunt of a triple environmental crisis, according to the European Union’s Earth monitors: global warming, pollution and declining biodiversity. The EU Copernicus programme warns that Africa’s coasts, buffeted by marine heatwaves and rising sea levels, are especially vulnerable. “The ocean is changing rapidly, with record extremes and worsening impacts,”…

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Africa: Airtel Africa Foundation to Drive Financial Empowerment, Education, Environmental Protection

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Airtel Africa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Airtel Africa plc, has announced its plan to directly improve the lives of 10 million people across the continent by 2030 through initiatives focused on education financial empowerment, environmental protection, and digital inclusion. Speaking with journalists recently in Lagos, the Chairman of the foundation, Dr. Segun Ogunsanya, who…

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Africa: Documenting Killings and Disappearances of Land and Environmental Defenders

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Every year, Global Witness works with partners to gather evidence, verify and document every time a land and environmental defender is killed or disappeared. Our methodology follows robust criteria, yet undocumented cases pose challenges when it comes to analysing data Global Witness documents killings and long-term disappearances of land and environmental defenders globally. In partnership…

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Africa: At Least 146 Land and Environmental Defenders Killed or Disappeared Globally in 2024

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New Global Witness figures bring the total up to 2,253 from 2012 to 2024 At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared* around the world last year defending their land, communities or the environment, a new report by Global Witness reveals. Today the investigative organisation published its annual report on land and…

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Africa: How Clustering Multilateral Environmental Agreements Can Bring Multiple Benefits to the Environment

eriinfo.com5 months ago012 mins

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada — The UN80 Initiative, unveiled in March by Secretary-General António Guterres, is a system-wide effort to reaffirm the UN’s relevance for a rapidly changing world. The Initiative comes at a time of brutal budget cuts across the UN system. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is cutting 3,500 jobs and…