Nearly half of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2025 were projected to be in Africa. As roads, railways, dams, and development reshape the continent, a critical question emerges: how can Africa pursue economic growth while protecting the biodiversity and natural systems that sustain it? Ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the…
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New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): State-owned NTPC Limited has signed an agreement with Africa50, an African infrastructure investment organisation, to jointly develop power projects and explore cross-border electricity trading opportunities across Africa, expanding its efforts to tap international power markets. According to a joint press release issued on Thursday, the partnership aims to identify…
One year ago, I summited Mera Peak—21,250 feet above sea level—in the Himalayas to raise funds for Wild Tomorrow, a conservation organization working to restore endangered ecosystems and protect wildlife in South Africa. What began as a physical challenge quickly turned into a deeply personal reflection on identity, belonging and the freedom to be wild—in…
For years, the world has understood climate change as an environmental problem – melting glaciers, rising seas, extreme weather. But what happens in people’s minds when their world becomes unstable? What do they do when the only life they’ve known – farming, herding, providing for their families – becomes impossible?
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The health of the environment is seldom mentioned in the same breath as job creation and economic growth. Now this interconnection has been highlighted in research by North-West University (NWU) alumnus Dalton Appolis.
Across Africa, wheat, maize and rice are the most consumed cereal crops. When they fail because of drought, floods or other climate disasters, this can be devastating for farmers, particularly smallholder farmers whose livelihoods and food security depend directly on how many crops they can grow and sell.
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AIKO will supply its high-power ABC (All Back Contact) solar modules for three utility-scale solar projects in South Africa under an agreement with Infinity Power, the largest African pure-play renewable energy provider. The deal marks the partnership’s first project in South Africa，and pushes their combined project collaboration across Africa past the 2 GWp milestone.
The launch of the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) has been put back yet again, raising doubts about the institution’s future ability to finance fossil fuel projects – its main objective – as global lenders retreat from such investments over climate concerns, experts told Climate Home News.
