Since 2022, Africa has experienced severe, sometimes unprecedented, extreme weather events, from deadly floods in Nigeria to devastating drought in Somalia. While global-north media covered the US hurricane season and […]
With the opening of this year’s United Nations climate change conference, COP 26, less than 1,000 hours away, the world’s poorest, most vulnerable countries are facing down a six-year, […]
Clarke Energy has secured the sale of two INNIO Jenbacher biogas engines for ethanol production. The agreement with Press Cane, a distillery based in Malawi, will see the site generate […]
Solar panels floating on the lakes formed by Africa’s hydropower dams could be a major new source of power, according to a new study. If these panels covered just 1% […]
Greenhouse gases have fallen during 2020. But that’s no reason for congratulations, in a year of climate drama. LONDON, 11 December, 2020 − The year of the coronavirus − the […]
Battered by storms and droughts during a tough 2019, Africa’s resistance to the climate crisis left no room for passivity. LONDON, 29 October, 2020 – Attempting to come to any […]
Recent summers have demonstrated dramatically that heatwaves are not only deadly, but they are already being influenced by human-induced climate change. Research into heatwaves across the world has confirmed that […]
The world’s tropical rainforests will still be able to soak up “high levels” of CO2 in the future, but only if they are left intact and global warming is limited […]
Pumped hydro dams are prominently used as energy storage in East Africa, but that is changing with the increase in renewable energy and battery energy storage systems. The Eastern Africa […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to support Madagascar’s Sahofika hydro-power project with partial risk guarantee (PRG) of $100m. Located on the Onive River, 100km south-east of the capital […]
Italian energy giant Eni has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Societè National de Distribution des Petroles (SNDP) in Tunisia, to collaboration on the cultivation of castor to […]