WEF identifies top 10 emerging technologies to address global challenges

25 june 2024 - 08:05:50
Dalian, China (PANA) - The World Economic Forum on Tuesday published its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report featuring technologies [...] Full text...

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Energy transition momentum slowing amid rising global volatility, WEF report finds

19 june 2024 - 09:52:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global energy transition to a more equitable, secure and sustainable energy system is still progressing [...] Full text...

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What we’re reading about climate and jobs: World Bank Blog By Ulrike Lehr and Kevwe Pela

19 january 2024 - 07:04:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Climate change is one of the biggest risks to global development, as high temperatures, [...] Full text...

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Libyan officials meet on biofuel production project in Libya

06 november 2023 - 18:12:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the Council of Ministers, [...] Full text...

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Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD

09 may 2023 - 07:23:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, [...] Full text...

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Global economic growth downgraded due to 'spillover from Ukraine war'

19 may 2022 - 05:45:10
New York, US (PANA) - The global economy is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent this year, down [...] Full text...

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Carbon dioxide levels hit new record; COVID impact ‘a tiny blip’, WMO says 

24 november 2020 - 05:40:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere hit a new record of 410.5 parts per [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe President launches COVID-19 national response plan

19 march 2020 - 17:25:22
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, officially launched a US$25 million National COVID-19 (coronavirus) Preparedness and Response Plan, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to establish national grid code for renewable energy

09 may 2019 - 13:29:59
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Ivan Leslie [...] Full text...

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BP announces final investment decision for Mauritania-Senegal LNG development

21 december 2018 - 19:09:03
Noukachott, Mauritania (PANA) – BP and partners on Friday announced agreement of the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Phase 1 [...] Full text...

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Climate change to 'significantly' alter food production - FAO

17 september 2018 - 10:00:41
Rome, Italy (PANA) - With climate change poised to alter significantly the ability of many world regions to produce food, [...] Full text...

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Gov'ts slow to address road freight transport emissions reductions – NGO

24 may 2018 - 09:22:09
Cologne, Germany (PANA) - Despite its significant contribution to global warming, the road freight transport sector is often neglected in [...] Full text...

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UN conference closes with renewed urgency to tackle climate change

18 november 2017 - 04:56:41
Bonn, Germany (PANA) - The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) wrapped up on Friday in Bonn, Germany, with delegations [...] Full text...

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Senegal: World Bank raises forecast for crude oil prices to US$43 per barrel

26 july 2016 - 16:15:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The World Bank on Tuesday raised its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to US $43 [...] Full text...

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US: South African Airways launches biofuel on domestic flights

22 july 2016 - 11:44:48
New York, US (PANA) - South African Airways (SAA) made history on Friday when some of its domestic flights departed [...] Full text...

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Togo: Togo uses solar energy to illuminate all towns, communities

18 march 2016 - 13:32:50
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Ministry of Mines and Energy will have installed 13,000 public streetlights in the capitals of [...] Full text...

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OECD/FAO: Lower agric products prices predicted

02 july 2015 - 11:31:05
Paris, France (PANA) - Strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand should contribute to a gradual [...] Full text...

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UN: New FAO report projects steady decline in food prices over next decade

01 july 2015 - 15:53:23
New York, US (PANA) - Real prices for global agricultural products will continue their gradual decline over the coming decade [...] Full text...

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FAO: 'Global warming will affect food production'

18 june 2015 - 12:44:17
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global warming will have profound consequences on where and how food is produced, and also lead [...] Full text...

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UN: UN officials urge action to protect arable land

17 june 2015 - 19:32:57
New York, US (PANA) - Land is a renewable resource, but only if investments are made in land degradation neutrality, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Italian firm plans to industrialise African agriculture

31 july 2014 - 13:47:58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An Italian firm, Scienza Per Amore, has announced the introduction of a food security project [...] Full text...

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Oxfam urges CFS govts to ensure biofuels don’t force poor farmers off the land

05 october 2013 - 09:57:21
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Governments must put people’s right to food before short term commercial interests, said international [...] Full text...

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Best clean energy entrepreneurs in West Africa to be honoured

04 october 2013 - 17:21:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a multi-donor initiative administered by the African Development Bank [...] Full text...

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Global agric production growth to slow down

06 june 2013 - 12:32:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global agricultural production is expected to grow 1.5 percent a year on average over the coming [...] Full text...

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IIED study urges democratic governance of food systems to end hunger, under-nutrition

03 june 2013 - 08:20:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Post-2015 development goals and agendas need to support a transformation of food systems by making [...] Full text...

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Small farmers risk exclusion from biofuels certification schemes - FAO

26 february 2013 - 18:06:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The way certification schemes for biofuels are structured makes it difficult for smallholder producers and many [...] Full text...

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New FAO report focuses on investments in developing countries

13 november 2012 - 11:22:28
Rome, Italy (PANA) - International investments that give local farmers an active role and leave them in control of their [...] Full text...

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Oxfam urges World Bank to freeze investments by land grabbers

04 october 2012 - 19:00:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – More than 60 percent of investments in agricultural land by foreign investors between 2000 [...] Full text...

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Annan, Gates call for improved livelihoods for African smallholder farmers

26 september 2012 - 14:23:48
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) – Agricultural transformation is a real possibility in Africa if governments will put in place the right [...] Full text...

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Agricultural land grabs still rising worldwide, says Worldwatch Institute

21 june 2012 - 14:48:58
Washington D.C., US (PANA) - A new report which looked at worldwide developments in land acquisitions by foreign investors has [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS regional forum on bio-energy opens in Bamako

19 march 2012 - 19:15:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A forum of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on bio-energy opened Monday in [...] Full text...

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Study of large land deals finds evidence of harm than benefits

14 december 2011 - 08:20:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The most comprehensive study of large land acquisitions in developing countries to date, published [...] Full text...

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Corruption undermining land access, development, says FAO

12 december 2011 - 15:17:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new report, jointly prepared by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and global corruption [...] Full text...

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'Bad energy, development policies contribute to famine, conflict in Africa'

06 december 2011 - 14:44:21
Oakland, US (PANA) - While individuals across the US and EU offer support to victims of famine and conflict [...] Full text...

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World hunger report 2011 says high, volatile prices set to continue

10 october 2011 - 19:40:15
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food price volatility, featuring high prices, is likely to continue and possibly increase, making poor farmers, [...] Full text...

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Global biofuels production increased 17% in 2010, says report

30 august 2011 - 20:36:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global production of biofuels increased 17 per cent in 2010, to reach an all-time high of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, Chinese firm partner on 27.4b naira biofuel project

27 july 2011 - 10:15:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian energy firm, Global Bio fuels, is collaborating with some other African and Chinese firms [...] Full text...

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Annan warns hunger could become permanent disaster

26 june 2011 - 21:10:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who chairs the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Angola's Bio-fuel strategy to expand energy basis

07 may 2011 - 12:29:28
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan Oil Minister Botelho de Vasconcelos, said here Friday the drafting of the National Strategy [...] Full text...

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Biofuel is 6 times more harmful than fossil fuel, says ActionAid

24 march 2011 - 17:34:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Biofuel could release up to six times more carbon than fossil fuel, according to a study [...] Full text...

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President Lula says Brazil can't repay debt to Africa, as summit opens

03 july 2010 - 12:52:00
Sal- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that his country would never be [...] Full text...

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UN launches booklet on how to deter sexual violence

01 july 2010 - 07:24:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations on Wednesday launched its first compilation of the best practices for its [...] Full text...

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Land for bio-fuel rules out fertile soils

06 may 2010 - 21:52:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angola vice president, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, on Thursday gave the assurance that [...] Full text...

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FAO says climate change threatening Africa's food security

04 may 2010 - 15:07:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Tuesday that climate change would "significantly" reverse [...] Full text...

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West Africa opens market for clean liquid fuel technology

28 april 2010 - 12:16:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- LPP Combustion, LLC, a US-based innovator in liquid fuel technology, said Wednesday it had [...] Full text...

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dos Santos promulgates law on bio-fuels

23 april 2010 - 23:34:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan president Josأ© Eduardo dos Santos on Friday pro mulgated the law on bio-fuels approved by [...] Full text...

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ActionAid calls on govts to support women in fight against hunger

03 march 2010 - 12:49:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- International aid agency ActionAid has called on governments to put women's rights on the frontline in [...] Full text...

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Project to improve agric productivity launched

02 march 2010 - 07:57:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has launched a new project, Global Futures for [...] Full text...

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Food prices up again - FAO

09 december 2009 - 17:41:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Global food prices are on the rise again with the FAO Fo od Price Index, a [...] Full text...

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'Nigeria may import petrol from Senegal'

10 november 2009 - 09:01:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria, Africa's top oil producing nation, may import r efined petroleum products for domestic consumption from [...] Full text...

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FAO targets land tenure

27 october 2009 - 11:35:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FA O) has begun widespread consultations over the first-ever [...] Full text...

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FAO lists main challenges facing world agriculture

24 september 2009 - 14:42:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Producing 70 percent more food for an additional 2. 3 bil lion people by 2050 while [...] Full text...

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Egypt cultivates jatropha as alternative energy

15 august 2009 - 18:02:00
Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt is currently looking into the expansion of the culti vation of the jatropha plant as [...] Full text...

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Africa seeks to tap US$ 33 billion from agricultural trade

29 june 2009 - 19:13:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- African leaders are expected to make a final commitment on the status of agricultural production and [...] Full text...

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UN chief says desertification threatens security

17 june 2009 - 21:00:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday warned that desertification and land degradation were threatening national [...] Full text...

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Brazilian exhibition to start in Dakar Tuesday

08 june 2009 - 18:56:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Ape x-Brazil) will Tuesday organise a two-day exhibition of [...] Full text...

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Mauritania joins Int'l Renewable Energies Agency

11 may 2009 - 15:59:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania has joined the International Renewabl e Energies Agency (IRENA) at a ceremony in Berlin, Germany, [...] Full text...

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List of Senegal's new cabinet

02 may 2009 - 17:24:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal's new Prime minister, Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, on Friday announced a government made up of 33 [...] Full text...

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Mozambican minister sees potential for biofuel expansion

05 march 2009 - 17:49:00
Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambican Energy Minister Salvador Namburete Thursd ay declared there was enormous potential for the expansion of [...] Full text...

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FAO predicts global cereal shortfall in 2009

13 february 2009 - 19:29:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Early indications point to a reduction in global cereal output in 2009 from the 2008 record, [...] Full text...

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