LAGOS — Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is battling to get his $20 billion refinery in Nigeria fully functional and begin recouping returns on his investment as clashes with local regulators and…
Hello and welcome back to Energy Source, coming to you today from London and Johannesburg. Brett Christophers, the author of The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet, had a hot take…
Coming to Grips With A Crash
Prices for batteries in China are plummeting, and the implications are just starting to ripple outward for the global automotive market.
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In 2015 when the Paris Agreement was reached, its new goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) was at risk of being dead on…
Environmental pollution on river banks near a textile industrial area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures/Getty Images
Almost a quarter of the world’s biggest fashion…
Microbes in the bark of trees play a vital role in removing methane from the atmosphere, scientists have discovered.
The greenhouse gas is a product of agriculture and the burning of fossil fuels…
Freezing temperatures affect electric vehicles in two major ways - and it all comes down to the battery. Tesla and other car manufacturers have given drivers instructions on how to cope.
A call for applications is open until 20 July 2024 for industrial and commercial companies based in six communes of Burkina Faso. The aim is to train managers in competitiveness and reducing the…
The Franco-Moroccan company Sand To Green has just installed a solar-powered seawater and brackish water desalination unit to speed up its regenerative agriculture project under way in the Guelmim-…
Underway since June 2019, work on phase 2 of the Mokolo Crocodile Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP-2A) is set to accelerate over the coming months in Lephalale, a municipality in the South African…
The city of Abidjan will soon have its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), worth 363 million euros. The first 20 km line will link the coincils of Yopougon and Bingerville in just 45 minutes. The works have…
London must better prepare for severe floods and heatwaves, a report has warned.
The London Climate Resilience Review, published on Wednesday, called for a "reset moment" for the capital…
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As wildfires become more frequent and more severe worldwide, people near and far are increasingly feeling their impacts.
Soaring temperatures make daily life uncomfortable, but also pose a serious threat to human health and the environment. Here is our guide to getting through one.
People in the Philippines have been battling knee-deep floodwater after Typhoon Gaemi lashed the country's capital.
Footage shows people attempting to walk through the flooding in Manila, whilst…
Climate change is leading to more intense heatwaves and storms in many parts of the United States, so can some cities provide a refuge from extreme weather?
Despite growing at an unprecedented rate last year, renewable energy sources are still not being deployed quickly enough to put the world on track to meet an international goal of tripling renewables…
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