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By Aimable Twahirwa Negotiators at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Kenya. African countries have been encouraged to adopt circular plastic policies which will lower greenhouse emissions. Credit: UNEA Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 1 2022 (IPS) - Environmental experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, have urged African governments to take advantage of ‘circular plastic…

A landmark new study provides the first ever high-resolution view of the extent of global cropland expansion over the last 20 years, revealing troubling news. Cropland has expanded by an area of land the size of Egypt, 102 million hectares, since the turn of the 21st century. Half of the expansion comes at the expense of natural ecosystems. Food crop production is essential to…

This platform features Joint Research Centre (JRC) data, tools, partnerships and stories developed in-house or with African and international partners. It provides a single entry-point to the wealth of JRC knowledge on Africa and aims to support the European Union (EU) objective of deepening the partnership with Africa, as highlighted in the Communication “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with…

The 2022 theme for World Water Day, set by UN Water, is Groundwater. Groundwater has been out of sight and out of mind for too long. It is the world’s most abundant freshwater resource and a crucial regulator of water extremes such as floods and drought. When we protect groundwater we save lives and ecosystems, improve health, reduce hunger and tackle climate change all at once. We…

Nairobi, 02 March 2022 – Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) today in Nairobi to End Plastic Pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. The resolution addresses the full lifecycle of plastic, including its production, design and disposal. …

The Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity supports policymaking by Developing tools that support the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, including its global dimension; Identifying, filtering and structuring relevant information and making it accessible bringing together researchers, policy-makers, NGOs, industry and citizens; Analysing, synthesising…