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Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done

Stung by 2008’s oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?

Energy

TotalEnergies to review controversial Uganda-Tanzania project

French energy giant TotalEnergies has said it will review its land acquisition practices for a $10bn (£7.9bn) project covering Uganda and Tanzania, following criticism by environmentalists and human rights groups.

Energy Climate Technology Solutions

The World Trade Organisation launched its Trade Policy Tools for Climate Action during the COP28 conference. International economic law expert Olabisi D. Akinkugbe discusses whether the new Trade Policy Tools benefit Africa.

What are the WTO’s new Trade Policy Tools? The new tools offer opportunities for countries to mitigate the climate change effect of their trade practices. The tools align with the Paris Agreement, the 2015 legally binding United Nations Treaty on Climate Change.

Climate

AFRICA: what progress has been made in terms of clean water supply in the continent?

The year 2023, which comes to an end in a few days’ time, will have been rich in initiatives in the African water sector. National and international experts are unanimous on this fact.

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Uganda: Refugees in Nakivale one of Africa's oldest settlements replant lost forests

On a rocky escarpment on a hill at Nakivale refugee settlement, a group of workers is busy using hand-held tools. The group - which includes refugee men and women - digs a series of holes, lowers in pine-tree seedlings and then covers them up.

Climate Environment

Rwanda's mountain gorillas: A conservation success Story

Rwanda's mountain gorilla population is making a remarkable recovery after decades of facing threats from humans. Once endangered due to poaching, armed conflicts, and diseases, the primates are now flourishing thanks to dedicated conservation efforts.

Environment

Rwandan e-bike startup Ampersand banks $19.5m funding

The Kigali-based electric transport energy company Ampersand has raised US$19.5 million in equity and debt funding to help it continue to expand operations.

Technology Solutions

Kenya: A renewable energy hub with frequent blackouts

Kenya boasts around 87% renewable energy generation, yet its citizens are left fumbling in the dark. Experts say frequent nationwide power outages in recent months show weaknesses in the system that need attention.

Energy

Cop29 host Azerbaijan to hike gas output by a third over next decade

Environmentalists condemn news of higher forecast production which is also seen as a conservative forecast

Energy

Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says

James Hansen says limit will be passed ‘for all practical purposes’ by May though other experts predict that will happen in 2030s

Climate

Awash with fossil fuel money, African football is sowing the seeds of its own destruction

As Afcon kicks off under an oil firm’s banner, it is a tragic irony that the climate crisis is making the game ever more unsafe to play outdoors

Energy Environment

Ted O’Brien’s fact-free nuclear cheerleading is cover for the same old climate vandalism

In huffing and puffing over renewables while denying the measurable costs of nuclear generation, the Coalition is digging in with the politics of relentless opportunism

Energy

Climate and vaccine misinformation seemed worlds apart – but it turned out the Cranky Uncle was a universal figure

A game that teaches people how to spot climate misinformation is now being rolled out – with the same cantankerous central character – to combat vaccine hesitancy in the developing world

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Tanya Plibersek blocks Victorian government’s plan to build wind turbine plant at Port of Hastings

Environment minister says ‘large areas of [wetland] will be destroyed or substantially modified’ by the proposal for windfarm development

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Flood, drought...African farmers soon to be insured to the tune of $1bn

More than 40 million farmers in Africa could soon benefit from financing to manage the risks to their crops from climatic phenomena such as floods and drought.

Environment

Oil Companies Delay Emission Cuts Pending Results of Next Federal Election

With the 2025 federal election threatening to topple Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, some oil and gas companies are delaying emissions reductions until they know the fate of the sector’s emissions cap.

Energy

AFRICA: Masdar wants to invest $10 billion in renewable energies by 2030?

On the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai, independent power producer (IPP) Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) signed agreements with at least six African countries to develop 10 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030.

Energy

ZIMBABWE: drought kills more than 100 elephants in three months

Protected from poaching, the world's largest elephant population is threatened by drought. According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), at least 100 elephants have died in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe's largest nature reserve.

Climate

MADAGASCAR: vanilla cultivation in the forest threatens 47% of endemic species

Madagascar is the world leader in the vanilla industry, accounting for almost 70% of the supply, but its cultivation of the world's most prized flavour is causing ecological damage.

Environment

AFRICA: the call for entries for the 5th Gulbenkian climate prize (1million euros) launched

One million euros is up for grabs in the fifth call for entries for the Gulbenkian Prize, which promotes climate innovation across the planet.

Climate