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choked up

Urban pollution kills twice as much in Africa, says report

Air pollution in Africa is more deadly than previously thought, two recent studies have confirmed. The continent, which contributes little to ... greenhouse gas emissions - just 4% of the world's greenhouse gases for 18% of the planet's population - might see itself as a haven of clean air, but not in the cities.

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leadership crisis

Tetchy Africa-Europe relations threaten COP27, warns Africa-Europe Foundation

A little over a week ahead of the opening of UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, the fractious relations between the continent and the rich nations ... of Europe are undermining the possibility of substantive progress at the meeting, according to a report just released by the Africa Europe Foundation.

Side summit

Congo, Egypt, Senegal to hold a parallel summit at COP27

Following an initiative to hold an African meeting on financing, a parallel conference hosted by Senegal, Congo, and Egypt will be held on the ... sidelines of COP27.

a conundrum

Egypt: US Senator blocks $75m in military assistance over human rights

A $75m military aid package has been blocked by US Senator Patrick Leahy, the chair of the Senate Appropriations committee over his objections ... to Egypt’s human rights’ record. In recent years, Congress has made its annual $300m of the total $1.3bn aid package to Egypt contingent on progress on its human rights.

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Winds of Change

Siemens Gamesa Egypt sees Russia-Ukraine war threatening wind energy growth

carbon cash

COP27: Kerry unveils carbon credit scheme, but will it work?

Virtue or vice?

Carbon credits: A useful lever, or magical thinking?

Winds of Change

Siemens Gamesa Egypt sees Russia-Ukraine war threatening wind energy growth

carbon cash

COP27: Kerry unveils carbon credit scheme, but will it work?

Virtue or vice?

Carbon credits: A useful lever, or magical thinking?

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Solution Country?

DRC: Chinese gold mining in Okapi forest reserve risks undermining green lung claims

Civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are calling for an end to gold mining in the Okapi wildlife reserve and the cancellation ... of a permit given to a Chinese company

Sunrise Industry

Eskom CEO says renewable energy is long-term solution to load shedding

Renewable energy can end load shedding in South Africa once advances in battery and storage technology are achieved, Eskom CEO André de Ruyter ... said.

Climate change inequalities

Africa has a right to energy self-defence

Why should the African continent deprive itself of fossil fuels while the West and Asia continue to happily pollute the earth? ...

‘Drill baby drill’

DRC, Ghana, Senegal…Africa steams ahead with plans to develop gas reserves, despite opposition

Africa is steaming ahead with plans to develop its gas reserves, despite high-level opposition and environmental concerns ahead of the upcoming ... COP27 in Egypt in November.

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Wrong direction

Africa fears backsliding on climate action amid global crises

Exasperated African finance officials are using this week’s World Bank and IMF meetings to press their richer counterparts to deliver on aid ... promises as concurrent shocks cause global backsliding on climate action.

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green gold

Kenya: The return of the controversial shamba system

Kenya's new government under President William Ruto has announced a lift on the ban of the shamba system - a controversial organisation that ... allows individuals to farm in forests. The lift has many conservationists worried about the country’s commitment to tackle climate change. Will the government listen to counsel from environmentalists or choose to play populist politics with the green gold?

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