Owendo Mineral Port (OMP) is committed to a low-emission economy. A 1.56 MWp solar system will soon be installed on the port’s premises, located 21 kilometers from Gabon’s capital, Libreville. The project is financed by British International Investment (BII), a British financial institution.
Toute l'actu sur la protection de l'environnement
CONGO: ATIBT to eliminate « prejudice » against logging
The European Union (EU) delegation in Brazzaville has asked the International Tropical Timber Technical Association (ATIBT) to draw up and implement a project to support the private sector in Congo. The aim is to promote the involvement of forestry sector companies operating in the Congo in responsible forest management, in line with the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (APV-FLEGT) signed between the Republic of Congo and the European Union in 2010.
DRC: Haut-Uele hosts new Usaid-funded resilience project
As part of its « Alliance for Biodiversity Protection and Development » project, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a partnership agreement with Sofibanque to support the development of inclusive and sustainable small and medium-sized enterprises in the Haut-Uele province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This partnership aims to improve living conditions for local communities and reduce pressure on natural resources around Garamba National Park and the Kibali gold mine.
NIGERIA: cars and generators explode air pollution in Lagos
Motorists and generators are cited as the main sources of air quality deterioration in Lagos State, Nigeria. In a statement issued on 15 January 2024, the local government stresses the need for green and improved air throughout the state to ensure healthy living.
AFRICA: climate causes the most serious humanitarian crises of 2024
The United Nations (UN) presents Africa as the epicentre of the world’s humanitarian crises in 2024. Of the 26 countries for which the United Nations is calling for the mobilisation of 46.4 billion dollars in international aid, fourteen are in Africa. The multiplication of climatic disasters and their corollaries of armed conflict have forced more than 130 million people into urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Nassim Oulmane: « Adequate, accessible and new funding is urgently needed ».
Expected on 12 December 2023, the agreement on the Global Budget reached at COP28 was finally adopted on 13 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The text calls on countries to « make a transition away from fossil fuels » and to accelerate this action « in this crucial decade, in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 ». Afrik21 looks back at this declaration without Nassim Oulmane, Acting Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
BILAN DE LA COP28
Plutôt que delà sortie des énergies fossiles (pétrole en tête), il faut se contenter d’une »transition hors des énergies fossiles » aux sortir de la COP28 de Dubaï. Mais pourquoi donc?
La COP28 émiratie qui s’est tenue à Dubaï du 30 novembre au 12 décembre 2023 a livré son verdict. Annoncée comme étant le point de rupture avec les énergies fossiles, elle a plutôt consacré une nouvelle prouesse langagière. Les pays du Monde entier sont désormais appelés à »transitionner » hors des énergies fossiles »’. Une prudence dans le verbe qui ne peut que satisfaire les thuriféraires de l’industrie petro-gazière mondiale.
CAMEROON-BENIN: conversion of forests, industrial agriculture takes precedence over subsistence farming.
The conversion of forests to farmland has become the main driver of deforestation. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), it is responsible for at least 50% of global deforestation, mainly for the production of palm oil and soybeans. In Africa, and more particularly in Cameroon and Benin, the industrial cultivation of oil palm, soybeans and cotton are the main factors of forest clearance. These crops occupy far more land than subsistence farming. All of which inevitably leads to land disputes between village communities and agro-industries.
PANNE D’ESSENCE SUR NOS VILLES
Des difficultés d’accès en carburant dans les principales villes du Cameroun relancent le débat de la dépendance aux énergies fossiles sur fond de fin de COP28 à Dubaï…
COP28: will the loss and damage fund reach the $100 billion mark?
The fund designed to finance climate « loss and damage » in vulnerable countries was adopted on Thursday 30 November 2023, on the first day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. The establishment of this fund is the practical expression of the main promise made at COP27 in Egypt, where the mechanism was approved in principle but not adopted. Nearly six countries have already announced their contributions to this fund, but we are still a long way from the 100 billion dollars expected by developing countries.