Namibia leads in sub-Saharan Africa in the race to achieving net-zero emissions in energy generation and consumption, followed by Ghana and Kenya, according to the World Economic Forum. In its…
South Africa
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To address South Africa’s water crisis we must overhaul our non-inclusive systems of water access. That includes kicking our addiction to water-hungry, climate-change-causing coal.  Organisations, such as the World Health…
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South Africa’s renewable energy sector might just have the resilience to navigate the Covid-19 crisis, given that it was already on the rise and moving in the right direction prior…
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A new era is on the horizon in South Africa. Before long, every municipality in the country will be able to decide which alternative energy it wants to install to…
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Uganda has witnessed the steepest drop in road traffic in Africa as a result of travel curbs to contain coronavirus. Data from Norway-based consulting firm Rystad Energy shows that traffic…
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The coronavirus pandemic is forcing us to think deeply about human beings’ relationship with the natural world on which we all depend for our survival. Many commentators, including Inger Andersen,…
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By Richard Calland History may in due course record 2019 as the year in which the penny finally dropped about the climate emergency humanity faces. A sense of urgency was…
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By Rebecca Hodes Much of what we know about human history comes from studying things that have been discarded. The archaeology of dumpsites and middens has long informed us about societies and…
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