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A documentary on the environment and climate change produced by Gha­naian youth videographers would be showcased at the upcoming climate...

Blue Carbon signs series of deals with African countries for carbon offset projects covering a total area of 24.5 million hectares

A Zimbabwe- and Dubai-based firm has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Zimbabwe that would see a fifth of the southern African country’s landmass conceded for carbon credit production. The deal, which was announced in Harare on 29 September, will give Blue Carbon blanket control over 7.5 million hectares of Zimbabwean forest. The agreement…

The MOU is the latest in a slew of similar deals ceding control of vast tracts of African land to the Dubai-based company with ties to the royal family

SHARE The UAE has launched a bid to bring a major global climate summit to Abu Dhabi. The UN Climate Change Conference (Cop28) would be hosted in the Emirati capital in November 2023, if successful. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, announced the bid on Sunday. “The climate challenge is daunting, but it is also matched by enormous opportunity to drive economic growth and job creation,” he said. The climate challenge is daunting, but it is...