By Shout-Africa Correspondent – Despite the deadlock, emerging economies have, however, indicated their openness to legally-binding carbon emission reduction targets from 2020. This commitment is potentially a great step to unlock one of the big political issues of this year’s climate change talks in Durban, South Africa. The goal of a comprehensive and binding agreement may be beyond the reach of the 17th United Nations climate change negotiations, says the organisation’s secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon. Ban was speaking at the official opening of the high-level talks on climate change in Durban, South Africa, on December 6 – nine days into the... Continue Reading
…As Participants Vow To Be True Ambassador – By: WASH R&E Network – An International Charity, the Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF-International), has ended an eight-day workshop on Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in Gbarnga, Bong County with for over thirty participants in attendance. The workshop organized by CHF-International Liberia in collaboration with the Government of Liberia with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was intended to train County Level Facilitators (CLF) and Natural Leaders (NL) under its CLTS Project. CHF-International Liberia Coordinator on Community Mobilization and Empowerment, Elizabeth Geddeh, said the County Level Facilitators were drawn from various... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Cameroon correspondent – The Douala-based association will work with government, universities, and civil society to foster attainment of Millennium Development Goals. Cameroonian lecturers in universities in Cameroon and the USA have taken the commitment to research, identify and come out with a comprehensive list of areas that fall within the Millennium Development Goals still needing more funding proposals. The university dons revealed that one of the problems Cameroon faces to attain the MDGs, like many other African countries, is that most areas of project funding are still fallow and unexploited. It was also disclosed that more and more... Continue Reading
…. On the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions – The development of pulpwood plantations on degraded peat land, or land that had been stripped of forest, can contribute significantly to increased absorption of greenhouse gases (GHGs), according to a study that was carried out by a team of Indonesian academics from the reputed Institut Pertanian Bogor (Bogor Agricultural University) Dr. Mahmud Raimadoya, a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Peat land Management expert from IPB whose team carried out the study found that using radar systems, along with satellite imagery and on the ground verification, that pulpwood plantations on degraded peat land... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, Accra, Ghana – The Lone Star amputee football team of Liberia was the first team to arrive for the 2011 Cup of African Nations for Amputee Football (CANAF). Liberia today qualified to play in the final after a heavy penalty taking session ending 4-3 after a goalless game that saw the defending Champion reaching the final for the second time. Liberia lock horns with Sierra Leone on Friday at the Accra Sports Stadium. Liberia was earlier seeded as the first team in Group B as they are the defending Champion, Liberia group was tagged the group of... Continue Reading
