Behind the Scenes on the UN General Assembly

Radio Static for Ghana’s Community Stations

Radio Static for Ghana’s Community Stations

Social media support for oldest community station

Social media support for oldest community station

Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War

Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War

We need more commitment: Greenpeace

We need more commitment: Greenpeace

Nuclear power can contribute to climate change mitigation

Nuclear power can contribute to climate change mitigation

PODCAST: INDIA – Community Radio Saves Lives and Livelihoods

Manipadma Jena speaks to listeners and staff of Radio Namaskar on the role of this community radio station in India’s Bay of Bengal.

PODCAST: Uganda’s Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower serves as a memorial to community peace efforts.

Uganda’s Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower serves as a memorial to community peace efforts.

PODCAST: Social Media Shows Support for Africa’s Oldest Community Station

The future of Africa’s oldest community station, Bush Radio, remains uncertain.

Counting on responsible travellers who increasingly seek environmentally friendly alternatives for their holidays, South Africa’s tourism sector wants to conserve its biggest asset, nature, while fighting climate change.

Counting on responsible travellers who increasingly seek environmentally friendly alternatives for their holidays, South Africa's tourism sector wants to conserve its biggest asset, nature, while fighting climate change.

PODCAST: Radio Static for Ghana’s Community Stations

Sandra Ferrari reports on the battle to find frequencies for community radio in Ghana to enable marginalized to take part in development

Rooibos tea has become a popular drink around the globe. But climate change is putting a strain on the plant, which only grows in a very small part of South Africa.

Rooibos tea has become a popular drink around the globe. But climate change is putting a strain on the plant, which only grows in a very small part of South Africa.

Women and gender recognised by UNFCCC

Days before the start of COP17 in Durban, the UNFCCC has formally recognised the Women and Gender Constituency, giving them full constituency status when the talks start in Durban at the end of November. Tinus de Jager reports that there will be a strong push for a gender-specific focus at the climate-change talks in South Africa

Climate Change – A silent killer in coastal Bangladesh

Bangladesh, a deltaic country that drains major Asian rivers like the Ganges and the Brahamputra, is highly vulnerable to climate change and the effects are already being felt in the coastal regions in the shape of salinity, frequent floods and land erosion. Farmers and fisherman are already turning into climate refugees and, in a buiness as usual scenario, the next decades could see millions of people displaced according to projections by the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change.

Young Entrepreneurs Gather in Benin

Young people from across the globe gathered in Benin’s economic capital city of Cotonou to share their success and experiences in the agricultural sector with each other.

Rabbit Farmer Inspires Youth

Young Beninese rabbit breeder, Samuel Agossou, inspired youth from across the globe when he shared his success story during the Global Youth Innovation Workshop held in Benin late last year.

Civil Society organisations are sticking to their guns: Women will be hardest hit by the climate change

Civil Society organisations are sticking to their guns: Women will be hardest hit by the climate change. Zuki Zimela reports from COP 17 in Durban.

Ghana’s community-radio dial is stuck

Last month in Ghana, community radio advocates and civil society members rallied through the streets of Accra in what they called a “Voice Walk” and Ghana's National Communications Authority calls “hostile” and  ‘irresponsible”. Sandra Ferrari compiled this report

Civil Society organisations are sticking to their guns: Women will be hardest hit by the climate change.

Civil Society organisations are sticking to their guns: Women will be hardest hit by the climate change. Zuki Zimela reports from COP 17 in Durban.

Mauritian men work to change attitudes

Mauritian men are standing up against violence against women. Nasseem Ackbarally reports that some are now joining organisations to change attitudes towards women in society.

The Green Climate Fund

The Green Climate Fund is meant to help developing countries with 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change. The creation of the GCF was approved during the COP16 in Cancun. Civil society and some developing nations noted that governments have made trillions of dollars available for the bank and financial sector and that the world's military budget is more than 10 times what is needed for the GFC. Up until now, countries have not been able to agree on a single mechanism to draw public funds.