A new $457,000 UNDP-backed programme is handing conservation of Ghana’s Black Volta Basin to the people who live there — funding 18 community organisations to restore land, protect biodiversity and build climate resilience from the ground up.

Nigeria's Financial Reporting Council says more than 50 organisations across banking, manufacturing, oil and gas, fintech and the SME sector are moving to fully adopt the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards — a shift it frames as a strategic push for transparency, governance and competitiveness.

Kenya's clean-energy push has received a fresh boost as KenGen moves to add about 63 MW of geothermal power to the national grid, deepening the country's reliance on a steady, weather-proof renewable source at a time of record electricity demand.

While Ireland is criticised for only modest progress on cutting carbon emissions, one technology is quietly hitting its targets: solar. A gigawatt a year is now being connected, the sun met a third of national demand during the May heatwave, and 8GW is on course by 2030 — if the grid and planning system can keep pace.

Nigeria's Rural Electrification Agency, the UNDP and the Global Environment Facility have unveiled 23 solar mini-grids across 15 states under the Africa Mini-Grid Programme, bringing electricity to more than 50,000 people — as Power Minister Joseph Tegbe assured Nigerians that national supply would improve before the end of 2026.

Danish development finance institution Impact Fund Denmark has reached the final close of SDG Fund II, securing DKK 5 billion (about $760 million) to invest in private companies driving the green transition and inclusive growth across developing and emerging markets — with the backing of five pension funds, Jyske Bank and an EU guarantee.