UN Deputy Secretary-General on water and sanitation
United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is leading a call to action on sanitation. Speaking at the General Assembly thematic debate on “Water, Sanitation and Sustainable Energy in the...
View ArticleWill the UN meets its Millennium Development Goals?
Water experts are sceptical about whether UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will be fully met by 2015; unless the current pace is dramatic accelerated, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The...
View ArticleThe biofuel debate
Optimism over biofuels is tempered by concerns over their economic viability and their implications for socio-economic development, food security and environmental sustainability, the United Nations’s...
View ArticleAfrica must prioritise renewable energy
The United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, has urged African countries to prioritise renewable energy and develop...
View ArticleCall for greener oil and gas industry
United Nations (UN) climate chief Christiana Figueres has called on the oil and gas industry to make a drastic shift to a clean, low-carbon future. Figueres appealed to the industry to […]
View ArticleUN to host first Sustainable Energy for All Forum
The first annual Sustainable Energy for All Forum is currently underway at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Over one thousand leaders, experts and energy practitioners have gathered to […]
View ArticleWorld Environmental Day – IWMSA calls for less waste to landfill
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) has urged South Africans to reduce, reuse and recycle waste properly in support of World Environmental Day. World Environment Day (5 […]
View ArticleInfrastructure attracts major investment in SA
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Africa rose by 4% to $57 billion in 2013, driven by international and regional market-seeking and infrastructure. In Southern Africa, flows almost doubled to […]
View ArticleAfrica needs significant investment
Africa needs significant investment, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly’s high-level debate on investment in Africa. “In recent years, Africa’s economic growth has been higher...
View ArticleUN ambassador to asses Kenya’s water & sanitation
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation is beginning a visit to Kenya today, to assess the country’s water and sanitation. Catarina de […]
View ArticleClimate Negotiations and Special Representative for COP21
France has been chosen to host the United Nations’ 21st conference on the fight against climate change in 2015. The issue of climate change and going green is not just […]
View Article80% of world’s wastewater goes untreated
Only 20 per cent of global wastewater is currently being treated, leaving low-income countries hardest hit by contaminated water supplies and disease. This is according to a United Nations (UN) […]
View Article5 reasons soil is key to a sustainable future: Part 1
It may not be as visually striking as a green forest or appear as vital as fresh water, but plain-looking soil is a natural resource just as essential to sustaining […]
View Article5 reasons soil is key to a sustainable future: Part 2
Soil provides nutrients, water and minerals to plants and trees, stores carbon and is home to billions of insects, small animals, bacteria and many other micro-organisms. Yet the amount of […]
View ArticleQuality water resource management
When it comes to water, it is widely accepted that business as usual is no longer an option. One African retailer is leading by example and actively working to save […]
View ArticleAccelerating Africa’s finance of low-carbon development
Ministers from governments across Africa have renewed their call for a strong, new universal climate change agreement and increased flows of funds, through market and finance opportunities, sufficient...
View ArticleTetra Pak re-affirms its commitment to the environment
Tetra Pak, the food processing and packaging solutions company, operates numerous projects and programmes in support of the environment, such as environmental education programmes for children,...
View ArticleAccess to water underlies successful implementation of SDG’s
A new agreement on the United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will have broad implications for most universal processes, from economic development to energy governance, peace building,...
View ArticleWorld Cities Day 31 October
The United Nations (UN) estimates that the urban population of emerging economies will surpass the rural population in 2020, and that nearly 80% of South Africa’s population will live in an urban area...
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Zuma joins the call for action on water
President Jacob Zuma took part in a UN High Level Panel on Water “Water and sanitation problems have reached a boiling point globally,” President Jacob Zuma told a United Nations (UN) High Level Panel...
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