South Africa secures ‘watershed’ finance deal to reduce coal reliance by Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick November 3, 2021 The European Union, Germany, France, the UK, and the US have partnered to support South Africa’s climate action goals by helping finance the move from its heavy reliance on coal to cleaner and renewable energy sources. Countries…
by David King and Jane LichtensteinSeptember 5, 2021 This story was first published in The Conversation & Daily Maverick The challenge of surviving the next 50 years is now Stabilize the Planet and is seen as a planet-wide existential crisis; we need to work together urgently, just to secure a short-term future for human civilization….
By ALEXANDER O’RIORDAN Green energy could be something of a magic bullet for social and economic justice because it will inevitably erode elites’ grubby hold on energy resources such as coal, oil and gas in much of Africa. Small-scale and affordable green energy solutions democratise access to energy because instead of having to broker a…
