The imminent threats of climate change in Africa

BY STAFF REPORTER Ethiopia has been striving to enhance green economic development in various ways. One of the outstanding efforts of the country in green development is the massive afforestation campaign of... Read more »

Africa’s expectation of concrete decision on climate finance

BY DARGIE KAHSAY As a preparation for the upcoming Glasgow climate change conference, which is scheduled to launch on November 01, the Inter Governments Authority for Development (IGAD) climate wing, the IGAD... Read more »

Safeguarding biodiversity to safeguard livelihood

Ethiopia is endowed with abundant natural resources which form the basis of most livelihood strategies in rural areas and the economy at large, considering that 85% of the workforce is engaged in... Read more »

Climate change’s imminent economic, humanitarian impacts on Africa

A report released this week, Tuesday, by the UN agencies, the World Meteorology Organization (WMO) collaborating the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through the Africa Climate Policy Centre... Read more »

Innovative financing to challenge climate change in Africa

BY STAFF REPORTER During the global climate panel in 2018, COP 24, Barbara Buchner, one of the top 20 influential women in climate change, had said Climate change presents a US$3 trillion... Read more »

The urgency of rescuing Africa’s biodiversity from damage

Following the recent UN Biodiversity conference, China has pledged to donate USD 233 million to support biodiversity conservation works in Africa. The donation is believed to be of paramount importance for the... Read more »

Africa’s reasons for more stakes at COP 26

Climate change is a global threat that causes damage on the life of people across the world. This makes it an important reason for countries of the world to unite and take... Read more »

What makes GERD a pan African project?

BY GRIMACEHW GASHAW From the victory at Adwa to the establishment of the Organization of African Union (OAU) and many other continental achievements Ethiopia has been setting examples that promote the feeling... Read more »

What Africa should prepare to raise on upcoming COP26

BY DARGIE KAHSAY The 39th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) was kicked off on Thursday in Addis Ababa, the seat of the AU, to discuss current... Read more »

Governments endeavor to harness lowlands resource potential

The terms “highlands” and “lowlands” are loosely defined: “highlands” as synonymous with “mountains” while “lowlands” as those areas beyond and beneath the mountains that are influenced by down-slope physical processes and by... Read more »