Topic: africa

Global Partners to Launch Major New Report on Climate Adaptation

RELEASE: Leaders Announce Global Effort to Restore 150 Million Hectares of Deforested Land

New Global Restoration Council to be led by former Swedish Prime Minister Persson

A global effort to restore 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested lands by 2020 is being launched in Bonn, Germany.

Building the capacity of developing countries to track progress towards meeting domestic climate, energy, and development goals.

Working with nations to achieve the twin goals of robust economic growth and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

The landscape of development finance is changing rapidly. Traditionally, international financial flows moved from developed countries to developing countries. In the last decade, however, major emerging economies such as China and Brazil have fueled a growing trend of South-South development flows by increasingly channeling their overseas investments to other developing countries.

New research shows that Africa offers some of the greatest opportunities globally for restoring forests.

The following Q&A and photo essay originally appeared on allAfrica.com, and are reposted with permission.

A new initiative was recently launched to promote government transparency and increase people’s access to information in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa.

WRI and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, and Tourism (MECNT) are pleased to announce the release of the interactive map viewer for the Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Scenario exercises look at the how and why of decision-making for climate change.

Two new leaders, Nigel Sizer and Robert Winterbottom, added to roster

Reefs at Risk Revisited” report presents comprehensive analysis of threats to coral reefs

The government and people of the Democratic Republic of Congo can now track and monitor forests and logging concessions in the world’s second largest rain forest.

A new website brings together expert views on responding to climate risks in developing countries.