This is a first for South Africa. Since 10 April 2024, a plant has been treating leachate and wastewater in Delmas, a town in the province of Mpumalanga. The plant, which required an investment of…
According to a recent MarketsandMarkets™ report, the global waste management market reached $1219.6 billion in 2024 and could grow to $1598.1 billion by 2029. While this investment is proof that this…
A recent study published in the journal Nature on 10 April 2024 provides encouraging news for biodiversity conservation in the Congo Basin. Led by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, with the…
The World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) opened yesterday, 15 April 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. Over four days in the European capital, the event brings together players from all sectors of the…
In Togo, the financing gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) run by women is in the region of 45 million dollars, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Through its AFAWA…
In the Western Cape province of South Africa, Distributed Power Africa (DPA) is starting work on a 12 MWp photovoltaic solar power plant. It will supply clean electricity to the Africa Data Centres (…
Lagos is one of the most waste-polluted cities in Nigeria and Africa, with more than 13,000 tonnes of solid waste produced every day. The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) is launching a month…
At a time when the energy transition is in full swing in South Africa, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has granted a $300 million loan to the local subsidiary of the Standard Bank group.…
A debate on abandoning sector-specific climate targets is heating up in Germany after Transport Minister Volker Wissing from the liberal FDP party warned that he might have to impose car bans on…
Doubling down on climate action and social justice, restoring trust in European democracy, and “Green diplomacy” form the vision set out by Spanish Vice-President and Ecological Transition Minister…
(Bloomberg) -- Namibia will invest a big chunk of any revenue it gets from a potentially massive oil discovery into a sovereign wealth fund, and expects to learn if the find is commercially viable…
The Department for Transport has announced £5.7m of funding to support the rollout of electric buses across East Yorkshire.
The money, which forms part of the government's Zero Emission Bus…
A new methane-monitoring satellite is turning a powerful eye on methane from oil and gas, helping spot rogue emissions. But the scale of the methane challenge goes way beyond fossil fuels.