Mr John M. Allotey, Chief Executive Officer of Forestry Commission, (FC) has urged media practitioners, especially environmental reporters to increase reportage on climate innovations. He explained that such stories would educate the public learn, practice and live with impacts of climate crisis. Mr Allotey said this at a graduation ceremony…
is chaired by south africa, and here is our man in the economic hub, johannesburg. with south africa s president, cyril ramaphosa, holding the chairmanship of brics this year, his main agenda is to advance africa s interests within the bloc, and those interests could include unlocking the potential of intra africa trade. but much more investment is needed within the continent for that to happen. ramaphosa has also stated that he wants to invite other african countries to the summit. more countries could soon be joining the group as well. there are reports that there are up to 12 nations who would like to be part of the bloc. the likes of turkey, algeria, argentina and even saudi arabia have made overtures to brics. in future, the group could be called brics plus, or another name altogether. the 15th annual brics summit is being held in durban this year, and it comes at a time of rising global uncertainty, the russia ukraine war, the climate change crisis and the rising geopolitical ten
for that to happen. ramaphosa has also stated that he wants to invite other african countries to the summit. more countries could soon be joining the group as well. there are reports that there are up to 12 nations who would like to be part of the bloc. the likes of turkey, algeria, argentina and even saudi arabia have made overtures to brics. in future, the group could be called brics plus, or another name altogether. the 15th annual brics summit is being held in durban this year, and it comes at a time of rising global uncertainty, the russia ukraine war, the climate change crisis and the rising geopolitical tensions between major powers. the summit will be an intricate balancing act between these world events alongside the interests of the brics member countries as well. vumani mkhize there, from johannesburg. now, as we ve been saying, the outstanding economic performer of the moment, it s india, cited by some as the major source of global growth for the future. so, i went straight
the 15th annual brics summit is being held in durban this year, and it comes at a time of rising global uncertainty, the russia ukraine war, the climate change crisis and the rising geopolitical tensions between major powers. the summit will be an intricate balancing act between these world events alongside the interests of the brics member countries as well. vumani mkhize there, from johannesburg. now, as we ve been saying, the outstanding economic performer of the moment, it s india cited by some as the major source of global growth for the future. so, i went straight to the source and i caught up with the man who, as we ve said, coined the phrase the brics. jim 0 neill, a real pleasure having you on my show. andjim, once upon a time, it seemed that the brics were a group of nations with some commonalities that you identified, and they ve since become a much more formalised bloc. what difference has that made to the way that they interact with the rest of the world? i m not really co