Dr Naoko Ishii yesterday assumed office as CEO and chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the world’s largest public funder of environmental projects. The GEF’s council in June unanimously selected Dr Ishii, deputy vice...
Growing prosperity and urbanisation could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in the world’s cities, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute...
Senegal’s capital city Dakar sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean on a peninsula. It’s at least a thousand miles to the Sahara desert yet the air today is so thick with sand that the tops of buildings disappear in a sandy haze. It’s...
For 23 years, Eskom has been recognising and rewarding excellence in energy efficiency with their prestigious eta Awards. These awards recognise exceptional effort in the more efficient use of energy by businesses, industry and even individuals,...
