In huffing and puffing over renewables while denying the measurable costs of nuclear generation, the Coalition is digging in with the politics of relentless opportunism
The great modernist poet TS…
Environmentalists condemn news of higher forecast production which is also seen as a conservative forecast
Azerbaijan, which is hosting this year’s UN climate talks, plans to increase its fossil…
Kenya boasts around 87% renewable energy generation, yet its citizens are left fumbling in the dark. Experts say frequent nationwide power outages in recent months show weaknesses in the system that…
The Kigali-based electric transport energy company Ampersand has raised US$19.5 million in equity and debt funding to help it continue to expand operations.
Formed in 2016, Ampersand assembles and…
Rwanda's mountain gorilla population is making a remarkable recovery after decades of facing threats from humans. Once endangered due to poaching, armed conflicts, and diseases, the primates are now…
On a rocky escarpment on a hill at Nakivale refugee settlement, a group of workers is busy using hand-held tools.
The group - which includes refugee men and women - digs a series of holes, lowers in…
The year 2023, which comes to an end in a few days’ time, will have been rich in initiatives in the African water sector. National and international experts are unanimous on this fact. Major projects…
What are the WTO’s new Trade Policy Tools?
The new tools offer opportunities for countries to mitigate the climate change effect of their trade practices. The tools align with the Paris Agreement,…
French energy giant TotalEnergies has said it will review its land acquisition practices for a $10bn (£7.9bn) project covering Uganda and Tanzania, following criticism by environmentalists and human…
Stung by 2008’s oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?
It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide.…
BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies to distribute more than $100bn despite public outrage
The world’s five largest listed oil companies are expected to reward their investors with…
Every year, we dump 10m tons of plastic into the ocean, and solving the problem will require regulatory action. But there are ways consumers can help
Cutting boards, non-stick pans, mixing bowls,…
Escaping poverty, violence and the climate crisis are factors, but the main driver is rich societies demanding cheap labour
We seem to be living in times of unprecedented mass migration. Images of…
Fossil fuel firms ‘took the mask off’ as they reneged on climate pledges and doubled down on expansion of planet-heating energy
Throughout 2023, the hottest year in recorded history, fossil fuel…
Mansoor Hamayun, the co-founder and chief executive of Bboxx, started out with a university project to bring solar power to a few villages in Rwanda. Now he is set to expand tenfold across sub-…
The smokescreen generated by recent carbon-offset setbacks should not blind us to the simple truth that we must protect our intact forests and bring back those we have lost
Some have recently…
Study after study showed the breakdown of climate systems taking place much earlier than foreseen, with potentially catastrophic results
Morning is a construct in the Antarctic summer. It’s 7.30am…
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