Nature and Sustainability
South Asia has faced another difficult period of flooding, with recent disasters in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal showing how quickly heavy rainfall can disrupt agriculture and rural livelihoods.
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UNEP’s September 2026 Limiting Overshoot report says global warming is likely to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels within the next few years. But it does not describe that threshold as a point beyond which climate action becomes pointless.
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Illegal, small-scale gold mining in Africa is not sustained by desperate individuals. Estimates place its foreign-exchange contribution at roughly $11B, ahead of the $9B generated by large-scale, licensed miners, with an estimated 70%-80% of artisanal miners operating outside licensing frameworks.
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Scientists at Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park have begun using environmental DNA (eDNA) technology to monitor endangered mountain gorillas and golden monkeys without disturbing their natural habitats.
Africa
In recent weeks, torrential rains have swept across several West African countries, leaving behind a familiar trail of destruction. The more difficult question is not why it rained. It is why the same cities continue to flood.
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Water scarcity is increasingly shaping political decisions, agricultural planning, and infrastructure investment across Africa. As climate pressures intensify, governments are shifting from surface-water dependency toward deeper scientific approaches that map and unlock underground reserves.
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Africa’s growing focus on sustainability is increasingly centered on a simple question: how much value from the continent’s natural wealth actually stays in Africa?
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Following severe flash floods on June 4th that led to structural collapses, disrupted markets, and triggered localized fires across parts of Accra, the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) issued a strong public directive calling for an immediate overhaul of the country’s infrastructure systems.
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Across Africa’s financial landscape, capital is increasingly being judged not only by returns, but by resilience, governments, and development institutions are now paying closer attention to how money flows into projects that can withstand climate shocks, energy transitions, and long-term pressures.
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Africa holds approximately 9% of the world's freshwater resources yet the continent has spent decades treating water as a crisis to survive rather than a resource to build with. That is changing, and the shift is bigger than most investors, policymakers, and global institutions have yet priced in.
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Fihima Mohamed, an environmental activist in Djibouti, has been recognized by urban champions for her grassroots environmental work, which has resulted in the restoration of 30 hectares of degraded land.
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Rising global oil prices have increased pressure on African economies this week, pushing up transport and logistics costs across multiple markets. Businesses in several countries reported higher operating expenses as fuel-related inflation continues to feed through supply chains.