Somaya Faruqui, Education Cannot Wait Global Champion and Captain of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team speaking during the Spotlight on Afghanistan at the ECW High-Level Financing Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Credit: ECW/Michael Calabrò by Busani Bafana (geneva & bulawayo) Thursday, February 16, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA & BULAWAYO, Feb 16…
Droughts are a growing threat to global food production, particularly in Africa. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Friday, January 06, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Jan 06 (IPS) – Escalating conflict and climate change threaten the implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI), an ambitious land restoration project…
Researcher, Billy Offland (left), filming a documentary on biodiversity in Kashmir. Credit: Billy Offland by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Dec 19 (IPS) – Billy Offland (21), a British sustainability student, went on a two-year ‘World Conservation Journey’ to bring attention to the biodiversity crisis…
Karen Mapusua, SPC’s Director of the Land Resources Division, would like to see food high up on the loss and damage fund if it is agreed to. Credit Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (sharm el sheikh) Friday, November 18, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 18 (IPS) – Food…
Yamide Dagnet, director for Climate Justice at Open Society Foundations, says climate change is impacting the most vulnerable and blended solutions are needed to tackle it and uphold human rights. Credit: TJ Kirkpatrick, Open Society Foundations by Busani Bafana (sharm el sheikh) Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL…
This photo was taken a month after Cyclone Pam hit Tuvalu. It shows the main square of Nui Island was still underwater. The tropical storm went onto Vanuatu, impacting nearly half the island’s inhabitants. Credit: Silke von Brockhausen/UNDP by Busani Bafana (sharm el sheik) Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Inter Press Service…
Climate activist Taren Chilia knows firsthand the impact of climate change on the island of Vanuatu. Cyclone Pam hit the South Pacific Ocean island in 2015, displacing nearly half of its 270 000 people. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (sharm el sheik) Monday, November 14, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM…
A farmer in Nkayi, Zimbabwe, looks at an empty granary following a poor rainy season. Africa is experiencing massive impacts due to climate change. Credit Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Nov 07 (IPS) – Africa is counting on COP27 to deliver it…
Cattle are important for economic growth and in supporting livelihoods across Africa. Livestock farmers in Nkayi, Zimbabwe, tending to their cattle. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Friday, October 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Oct 07 (IPS) – Meat, milk, and eggs are bad for you, and livestock is…
Ritta Achevih? was barely able to feed her family, but now the Kenyan farmer has changed her fortunes by adopting Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approaches that improve soil health and productivity by protecting the soil from degradation. Credit. Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (kigali) Friday, September 09, 2022 Inter Press Service…
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