European Union (EU) member states decided on Friday to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide deemed harmful to human health. The ban is due to take effect in January, when the current approval for the insecticide expires. European People’s Party to approve Donald Tusk as new president In August, the European Food Safety Authority identified concerns about […]
A clear majority of lawmakers in the European Parliament voted to declare a “climate and environmental emergency” in Europe on Thursday, a symbolic act to put EU policymakers under pressure to meet environmental targets. The resolution passed with 429 votes in favour and 225 against in the EU legislature in the French city of Strasbourg, […]
Mathew Dadiya The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) hosted 11 sister institutions for the annual multilateral development bank (MDB) roundtable on trust funds and co-financing, held in March. The aim of the roundtable was to enhance benchmarking across the development finance institutions (DFIs), raise awareness of emerging innovative approaches to resource mobilisation and of new […]