WASHINGTON, US - Donald Trump has formally started the process of pulling the US out of the landmark Paris Agreement, three years after the deal came into force.
Announcing the withdrawal on Monday, secretary of state Mike Pompeo reiterated the...
By Jonathan Driliga, Arua One FM/NECJOGHA
Masindi, Uganda - River Kafu on the Hoima-Kampala Road has burst its banks due to the ongoing heavy rains in the areas causing floods which have washed away gardens in nearby villages in Masindi...
When undisturbed tropical forests are lost the long-term impact on carbon emissions is dramatically higher than earlier estimates suggest, according to a new study.
Between 2000 and 2013, about 7 percent of the world’s intact tropical forests were...
Nairobi, Kenya – The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has released the weather forecast for November 2019 predicting above average rainfall which may lead to floods and landslides.
KMD says that several parts of the country experienced wet weather conditions during...
Stockholm, Sweden- Even in environments with low air pollution, long term exposure to traffic exhaust near people's homes may heighten their risk of stroke, according to a new study from Sweden. The culprit appears to be a fine particle...
Montreal, Canada - Earlier last month, Cristiana Pasça Palmer, a former Romanian environment minister, told staff at the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), where she has been executive secretary since March 2017, she was “at a...
Madrid, Spain- Madrid will host the Cop25 UN climate talks, stepping in after Chile withdrew amid social unrest.
The Spanish government offered to hold the UN’s annual circus of thousands of diplomats, politicians, campaigners, journalists and business leaders in its...
By Nicholas Wassajja, New Vision/NECJOGHA
Kampala, Uganda - The Chairman Board of Trustees of the Pan-African club, Prof Edward Kakonge, has asked the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, to accord parliament more time to scrutinise the Genetic Engineering Regulatory...
Accra, Ghana - The first results of the Climate Chance Summit Africa-2019, which was recently held in Ghana, are already visible. Gathered for three days of reflection on the future of climate in Africa, the experts drew up resolutions...
Santiago, Chile - Chile, wracked by civil unrest for a fortnight, has withdrawn from hosting the 2019 UN climate talks.
Chile’s president Sebastian Piñera announced the country would not host the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting or the Cop25...
