Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows, survey shows
Fewer than half of those questioned in global poll believe climate change poses a ‘very serious threat’
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Greenwashing a police state: the truth behind Egypt’s Cop27 masquerade
Sisi’s Egypt is making a big show of solar panels and biodegradable straws ahead of next month’s climate summit – but in reality the regime imprisons activists and bans research. The climate movement should not play along
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As UN Climate Talks Near, a Showdown on Reparations Looms
Developing nations have pushed demands that rich nations provide compensation for climate-caused “loss and damage” atop the agenda for next month’s climate conference in Egypt. With the U.S.
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KENYA: Family Bank to pre-finance BasiGo’s electric bus purchase over 2 years
As part of its CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) approach, the Nairobi-based commercial bank Family Bank in Kenya is teaming up with mobility start-up BasiGo to pre-finance the purchase of its elect
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EGYPT: Taqa commissions a 20 MWp solar power plant in Sharm El-Sheikh
In Egypt, Taqa Power, the subsidiary of Taqa Arabia, is commissioning a 20 MWp solar photovoltaic power plant in the seaside town of Sharm El-Sheikh.
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AFRICA: Bayport secures $12 million from WaterEquity for water and sanitation
Mauritius-based Bayport Management has secured $12 million in financing from WaterEquity, the Water.org facility that finances development institutions engaged in water and sanitation projects around th
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SOUTH AFRICA: Controversy over a new gas project by TotalEnergies
The Bloom association for the protection of the oceans and the South African non-governmental organization (NGO) The Green Connection launched a campaign in Paris on Monday 17 October 2022 against a maj
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AFRICA: DFC backs clean energy providers with $40 million
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is investing $40 million in the Energy Entrepreneur Growth Fund (EEGF).
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AFRICA: GCF funding for energy efficiency in buildings in four countries
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is releasing 220 million euros to finance energy efficiency in buildings worldwide.
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EGYPT: 400 camels show off nature’s prowess on the tracks of Salloum
In Egypt, mammals that can run at speeds of up to 65 kilometers per hour made a spectacle of themselves in the "camel race" held recently in the Bedouin village of Salloum west of Cairo.
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NIGERIA: In Lagos, Quadloop recycles electronic waste into solar lanterns
In Nigeria, the start-up Quadloop uses electronic waste as a raw material to manufacture its solar lanterns.
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KENYA: William Ruto inaugurates Thiba irrigation dam for 5,000 households
A new water reservoir provides irrigation water to 5,000 households in Thiba in Kirinyaga County in central Kenya.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Sasol and ArcelorMittal focus on hydrogen to decarbonize industry
The Sasol and ArcelorMittal groups will work together to decarbonize the industrial sector in South Africa.
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KENYA: Trans-Nzoia builds new water reservoir for agriculture
In Kenya, Trans-Nzoia County authorities are building a new dam in the village of Amani.
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Ivory Coast/LIBERIA: towards the conservation of the Taï-Grebo-Sapo forest complex
The 4th edition of the African Days of Ecology and Climate Change, which opened on October 7, 2022 in Alepe, Ivory Coast, was an opportunity for the Ivorian government to present the Biodiversity Conser
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GUINEA: Government reintroduces logging, despite deforestation
Logging is resuming in Guinea after more than a year's ban, motivated by the need to preserve forest cover that has fallen victim to massive looting.
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UGANDA: Equatorial and GIZ team up to solarize 27 rural clinics
In Uganda, electricity provider Equatorial Power is teaming up with the German International Development Cooperation Agency (GIZ) to provide solar energy to at least 27 health centers in rural areas.
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MOROCCO: Laâyoune desalination plant supplies its first m3 of water
At the end of an inspection visit to the site of the Laâyoune seawater desalination project in Western Sahara, the Director General of the Moroccan National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (One
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EGYPT: “E-Tadweer” application to improve e-waste recycling
The "E-Tadweer" application has been launched in Egypt, more than two years after the project was presented.
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AFRICA: “Dream” program for solar irrigation
The Ethiopian government recently participated in the launch of the "Dream" program (Distributed Renewable Energy-Agriculture Modalities).
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