Laura Millan

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Laura Millan

Broken sea ice at the port in Sisimiut, Greenland, on March 30, 2025. (Bloomberg) -- Human-made climate change will continue warming the planet, with new temperature highs forecast to be recorded over the next five years, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization. The world’s average temperatures will be between 1.2C and 1.9C higher than the average in pre-industrial times, the report said.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Laura Millan

The African Space Agency in Cairo on April 20. (Bloomberg) -- Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of climate and weather information. The African Space Agency opened its doors last month under the umbrella of the African Union and is headquartered in Cairo.

4 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Laura Millan

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4 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Laura Millan

The Trump administration’s gutting of the US Agency for International Development, with 80% of its programs now canceled, is a blow for clean cookstove programs in Africa. That means more Africans will have to rely on burning wood or charcoalin their homes, driving air pollution, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions across the continent. Clean cookstoves run on electricity, gas or smaller amounts of biomass, and switching households to less polluting cooking methods reduces harmful impacts.

4 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Laura Millan

A fuel-efficient BioLite stove, which produces one-quarter of the smoke of a conventional stove, being used in Juja, Kenya. (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration’s gutting of the US Agency for International Development, with 80% of its programs now canceled, is a blow for clean cookstove programs in Africa. That means more Africans will have to rely on burning wood or charcoal in their homes, driving air pollution, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions across the continent.