200 companies save billion dollars through clean energy

By Edmund Smith-Asante, Marrakech

Mr Paul Polman, UNILEVER CEO with other speakers behind him at the forum.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UNILEVER, Mr Paul Polman, has shown the commitment of the world’s business sector to employing clean energy for a low carbon energy future, by announcing the savings that have been made in just a year.

Africa calls for action oriented climate change conference

By Edmund Smith-Asante, Tanger, Morocco

 

The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI

The 22nd edition of the United Nations’ annual Climate Change conference dubbed COP 22, will be held in the North African country Morocco in November, to primarily bring into force the Paris Agreement arrived at during COP 21 in France last year.

Morocco gears up for COP 22

By Edmund Smith-Asante, Marrakech

Mr Abdeslam Bekrate addressing the African journalists at the COP 22 site in Marrakech.

 The Head of Logistics, Security and Safety at the Ministry of the Interior, Morocco, Mr Abdeslam Bekrate, has indicated Morocco’s readiness to host the 22nd United Nations Conference of Parties Climate Change Conference (COP 22) in November this year.

Ghanaian journalists tour Morocco prior to COP 22

By Edmund Smith-Asante, Rabat, Morocco

The African journalists with some key officials of COP 22 after some interactions.

Two Ghanaian journalists have participated in a tour of Morocco as part of about 26 environmental journalists from selected Africa countries ahead of the 22nd edition of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) annual conference dubbed COP 22 (the 22nd Conference of the Parties Climate Change Conference) to be hosted by Morocco.