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Urgent Call To Reduce Risk Of Disasters Through Better Management Of Water Resources, Ensuring That All People Can Access Clean- UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / 23 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for immediate action on reducing the risk of disasters through better management of water resources and ensuring that all people can access clean, secure, and resilient water and sanitation systems before, during, and after a disaster strikes. Water is the lifeblood of the earth, every …

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Forests Slowly Disappearing In Zimbabwe

Leave a Comment / Climate Crisis / 22 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike As the power crisis in Zimbabwe increases and with the growing tobacco industry the nation’s forests are destined for doom. Forests provide a lot to human health. They purify the water, clean the air, capture carbon to fight climate change, provide food and life-saving medicines, and improve our well-being. The United Nations …

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Solar Energy For Tobacco Curing – Sandra Masike

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / 18 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (press and communications officer) Climate Justice expert Sandra Masike says that solar energy can be an alternative option to save Zimbabwe from deforestation being caused by Tobacco farmers. Tobacco is the number one foreign currency generator in the country and cigarettes are the most consumed commodity in the nation Zimbabwe is the …

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Wastewater surveillance A Boost in Detecting Emerging Diseases

Leave a Comment / Climate Crisis, News & Updates / 10 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (Press and Communications Officer) WASTEWATER surveillance is now being used by health authorities to better target interventions and prepare for a variety of future disease outbreaks. Wastewater surveillance is not new to the world but however, but the global COVID-19 pandemic which struck the world in 2020 has made scientists monitor possible …

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Air Pollution by Industry Poses Environmental Challenges In Zimbabwe

Leave a Comment / Climate Crisis / 8 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (Press and Communications Officer) DESPITE Zimbabwe’s small contribution to global emissions, the country remains in great danger of air pollution. Industrial activities in the country’s cities and towns possess a threat to its habitants as the gasses released have extreme health risks. Advocates4Earth took a media tour around Zimbabwe’s cities and towns …

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Celebrating 50 Years of Wildlife Protection-CITES

Leave a Comment / News & Updates / 3 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (Press and Communications Officer) THE third of March this year the world celebrates 50 years of the creation of the Convention on International trade in Endangered species which was signed in 1973. March three has been set aside by the United Nations to celebrate all wild animals and plants for their …

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Harare Residents Forced To Live With Rot As Council Turns Deaf Ear On Garbage

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / 2 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (Press and Communications Officer) MOST people in Harare have learned to live with Garbage as the council has failed to collect waste from suburbs and the Central Business District (CBD). The once magnificent capital now lays masses of uncollected waste in the CBD and the council seems to ignore this ticking health-threatening time …

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The Environmental Management Act on Generators and Emissions Licensing

Leave a Comment / Climate Crisis, News & Updates / 1 March, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (Press and Communications officer) Zimbabweans were left in shock after a receipt that circulated on social media of a fine worth 100.000 rtgs for operating a generator. The current electricity crisis has forced businesses and households to resort to alternative sources of power including generators and solar. Zimbabwean laws have always contained …

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Cyclone Freddy Danger Not Over

Leave a Comment / Climate Crisis / 28 February, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (Press and Communications Officer) Tropical Cyclone Freddy still poses a threat despite the country witnessing relaxed weather since the announcement of the tropical storm. Cyclone Freddy which was anticipated to hit parts of Zimbabwe has weakened along its course but experts believe that some parts of southeast Zimbabwe can be affected with …

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Relief For Climate Change, Pollution, and Biodiversity Loss As Top UN Environmental Official Jets into ZIM

Leave a Comment / News & Updates / 28 February, 2023

By Ndatenda Njanike (Press and Communications Officer) The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Acting Deputy Executive Director and Director of Corporate Services Ms. Sonja Leighton-Kone who landed on Monday in Zimbabwe toured from 06 to 11 February 2023 in what could be a relief for the triple planetary crisis in the nation. In a circular released …

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