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The World Food Program is teaming up with FAO, The European Union, the Gates Foundation and other agencies to help subsistence farmers increase their crop yields. WFP says 2010 has been a year with many climate-related emergencies, which have created havoc with the agricultural production of many developing countries.
Some of the most dramatic climate-related emergencies in the past year inclu
The South African National Energy Research Institute (Saneri) and the Department of Energy (DoE) have launched a pilot project aimed at turning Robben Island into a self-sufficient community that runs on green energy.
By using a hybrid approach to power generation, the Greening of Robben Island project will reduce the demand on the island’s infrastructures and its dependence on fossil fuels.
Development agencies worldwide are joining forces to spend $200 million in a 10-year programme to help the agriculture sector prepare for climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions, farm research groups said on Wednesday.
The funding will go to research on how to feed a growing, more affluent world population in the face of expectations of worsening floods and droughts.
"The food secur
Astonfield Renewables, Inc., a company co-founded by Kenyan born Ameet Shah, has been awarded the prestigious Global Green Award for his contributions towards environmental sustainability and economic development in emerging markets.
Ameet Shah, Co-Chairman of Astonfield Renewables, was presented the award at World Trade Week in New York City.
In today’s pricing terms, South Africa’s Joule electric vehicle will sell at between R235 000 to R285 000, with the battery, the most costly component of the car, leased at an additional R1 500 a month, says Optimal Energy spokesperson Jaco van Loggerenberg.
The car will be in showrooms in 2013.
Windhoek — What happened?
It has already been noted that, by May's standards, the second consecutive rainy month is on the records and, as was expected, more weather developed.
The focus rested on the intense vortex centred on the fringe of the Temperate-cum-Polar weather zone: some 60S. Its extensive cold front was associated with a well-marked upper air trough which, forming with even gre
The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have budgeted $12-million to begin weaning Africa's off-grid energy market away from its dependence on expensive fuel-based lighting, an official said on Tuesday.
The programme, Lighting Africa, targets low-cost renewable energy sources, such as solar-powered lanterns, to reach the 700-million Africans that they say will be without
As consumers become more eco-conscious, companies will go to ever greater lengths to present themselves as environmentally friendly.. As a result, an increased number of local companies are adopting eco-friendly advertising materials, products and methods for their campaigns.
