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Junior Researcher, African Climate, University of Cape Town
Organization:University of Cape Town
Position:Junior Researcher, African Climate
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Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus, along with more than 500 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC).
As the daily…
John Houghton chaired the tense IPCC meeting without which there would be no Kyoto Protocol. Here he recalls how science won the day.
Climate change is increasingly recognized as one of the most…
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG) said on Thursday it would no longer lend to new coal-fired power plants from May 1, a day after peer Mizuho Financial Group Inc said it would stop…
A 100% renewable energy system enables the EU to become climate neutral before 2050 in the most cost-effective manner, a new report of SolarPower Europe and LUT University states.
The Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s – brought about a great …
Over 80% of the nation’s voters favor offshore wind energy.
Widespread support comes from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country, according to a national survey…
The failure of a model project in West Virginia signals increasingly dire industry problems
This week’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Longview Power offers a harsh glimpse into the increasingly…
Siemens has signed an agreement with Uniper for the development of green hydrogen.
d cooperation is the production and use of “green hydrogen”. The companies intend to implement projects in this…
The UN says locusts in Ethiopia have damaged 200,000 hectares of cropland, as region braces for new swarms.
Some one million people in Ethiopia require emergency food aid after swarms of desert…
Royal Dutch Shell, one of the worlds largest emitters, has announced plans to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050 or sooner.
According to a report by the Guardian, Shell is the seventh…
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-The SDGs need to be re-focused into feasible and inclusive life-saving actions that can be and are carried out for people everywhere.
-The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policies…
Witnesses accuse government of covering up severity of blaze near site of nuclear disaster.
Wildfires in Ukraine have spread to just over a mile from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and a…
Virginia’s governor has signed into law targets for over 21GW of renewable generation and more than 3GW of energy storage as part of new measures which will require electricity to come from 100%…
The recent oil price shock brought on by the coronavirus epidemic may slow down investment in low-carbon assets by the integrated majors, but it will not stop Total SA from transitioning into a…
As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.
Twice per year, Ed Dever’s group at Oregon State University…
Sooner or later animals were going to notice that the humans had disappeared and in South Africa's Kruger National Park lions have been taking advantage.
Park ranger Richard Sowry was out on patrol…
It will be built across 40,000 square meters of water
Located in the Indian Ocean archipelago, and with a population of just 25,400 souls, Seychelles is putting together the world’s largest floating…
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