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KENYA: Boreal Light equips 28 hospitals with solar-powered desalination systems

German start-up Boreal Light has delivered 28 solar-powered desalination systems to Kenya.

Energy Technology Solutions

MOROCCO: Chefchaouen adopts LED street lighting for energy efficiency

The city of Chefchaouen in northwestern Morocco will optimize its energy consumption thanks to a project financed by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to combat global warming. <

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Angola Is Accelerating Plans to Pay Down Its Debt

Improvement in debt metrics is ‘miracle,’ finance chief says Government on drive to diversify

Energy Technology Solutions

10 African countries that surprisingly have the cheapest gas prices in the world

A number of African countries, particularly gas producing countries, have gas prices lower than the global average. The list is dominated by North African countries. Two non-oil producing countri

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RWANDA: Bboxx and Ampersand join forces to develop electric mobility

Ampersand has signed an agreement with the British solar home systems provider Bboxx.

Energy Technology Solutions

AFRICA: Nearly 66% of wildlife has disappeared since 1970

Africa has lost nearly 70% of its wildlife populations in about 50 years.

Environment

Ivory Coast: 50% of mangrove forests lost in nearly 30 years

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has just released the results of several studies on mangrove forests in West Africa.

Environment

TUNISIA: Sidi Abdelhamid desalination plant to supply water by mid-2023

The Abengoa-Enginnering Procurement & Project Management (EPPM) consortium plans to commission the Sidi Abdelhamid seawater desalination plant in the port city of Sousse in the summer of 2023.

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‘Nature is striking back’: flooding around the world, from Australia to Venezuela

Heavy rain and rising waters continue to take a deadly toll in countries including Nigeria, Thailand and Vietnam

Climate

'Like something you watch in a movie': climate crisis intensifies with catastrophic floods

Catastrophic floods around the world are triggering warnings of unprecedented natural disaster – and the human-induced climate crisis is amplifying the damage.

Climate

Do we really care more about Van Gogh’s sunflowers than real ones?

The Just Stop Oil activists are accused of using tactics that will backfire. But ‘respectable’ protest is roundly ignored

Scientists rush to create vaccine for world’s biggest animal disease outbreak

Tackling African swine fever – which has led to death of more than 100m pigs since 2018 – has proved a tougher challenge than scientists first thought

Climate Environment

Billions gone: what’s behind the disappearance of Alaska snow crabs?

Authorities close snow crab season for first time as numbers of the prized seafood crash from 11bn to 2bn in four years

Environment

100m highly polluting cars could appear on Europe’s roads after EU move

Exclusive: Efficiency recommendations of experts rejected in European Commission ‘Euro 7’ proposals

Environment

Just Stop Oil says only threat of death sentence would stop its protests

Climate activists defiant as public order bill aims to curtail civil disobedience tactics

Climate

Loss and damage must be defined on moral grounds

Among the three strategies for addressing climate change – mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage (L&D) – the latter two continue to suffer from interpretational ambiguities. Adaptation does not have an agreed definition under the climate regime.

Climate Environment

KENYA: Boreal Light equips 28 hospitals with solar-powered desalination systems

MOROCCO: Chefchaouen adopts LED street lighting for energy efficiency

Angola Is Accelerating Plans to Pay Down Its Debt

10 African countries that surprisingly have the cheapest gas prices in the world

RWANDA: Bboxx and Ampersand join forces to develop electric mobility

AFRICA: Nearly 66% of wildlife has disappeared since 1970

Ivory Coast: 50% of mangrove forests lost in nearly 30 years

TUNISIA: Sidi Abdelhamid desalination plant to supply water by mid-2023

‘Nature is striking back’: flooding around the world, from Australia to Venezuela

'Like something you watch in a movie': climate crisis intensifies with catastrophic floods

Do we really care more about Van Gogh’s sunflowers than real ones?

Scientists rush to create vaccine for world’s biggest animal disease outbreak

Billions gone: what’s behind the disappearance of Alaska snow crabs?

100m highly polluting cars could appear on Europe’s roads after EU move

Just Stop Oil says only threat of death sentence would stop its protests

Loss and damage must be defined on moral grounds

UK offers new North Sea oil and gas licences despite climate concerns

For a fraction of Australia’s fighter jet budget, I’d leave East Timor’s fuel in the ground

‘A form of colonialism’: Activists demand climate reparations

Renewable energy for healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa requires innovative financing