climate change
Africa’s kleptocrats enable illegal forestry

Africa’s kleptocrats enable illegal forestry

Illegal forestry in Africa thrives where there is conflict and where law enforcement is weak. About 30% of Africa’s forests are fast disappearing because of illegal logging and timber trade, according to the African...

Mining the potential of green industry

Mining the potential of green industry

A July TED talk by Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, had already reached 648 293 views at the time of writing. It is not a good-news talk. Essentially, the scientific...