Climate change
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23 Aug 2024
Africa’s energy transition: the need for gas, nuclear and renewables

The continent is on track to become a major global carbon emitter if the current fossil fuel-dependent trajectory prevails.
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25 Jul 2024
ISS Live: Foresight modelling series – unleashing Africa’s climate and energy future

The seminar examines the effects of transitioning to renewable energy sources in Africa and the importance of a global carbon tax to finance this transition.
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25 Jul 2024
Foresight modelling series: unleashing Africa’s climate and energy future

The seminar examines the effects of transitioning to renewable energy sources in Africa and the importance of a global carbon tax to finance this transition.
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18 Jul 2024 / by Dhesigen Naidoo & Yonela Diko
South Africa could build a united front on a just transition

Could policy convergence on climate change be a ray of hope in the country’s new Government of National Unity?
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16 Jul 2024 / by James Owino & Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo
Will Kenya be better prepared when floods hit again?

Flooding claimed many lives and left hundreds of thousands displaced, dispossessed and angry at the authorities who failed them.
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25 Jun 2024 / by Denys Reva, Kgaugelo Mkumbeni & David Willima
Blue carbon markets: Africa must carefully balance risks and rewards

Africa’s productive blue carbon ecosystems offer climate mitigation solutions, but countries must guard against the exploitation of local communities.
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30 Apr 2024 / by Jakkie Cilliers & Alize le Roux
Global carbon tax urgently needed to manage the climate crisis

ISS modelling shows that carbon taxing can have major benefits if all nations contribute based on their income status.
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24 Apr 2024 / by Dhesigen Naidoo
Time is right for a South Atlantic climate alliance

With their leading roles regionally and in the G20 and COP30, a Brazil-South Africa partnership could prompt useful south-south ties.

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10 Apr 2024
ISS Live: Climate and energy futures – Africa's path forward

This seminar discusses two new reports that examine Africa’s development prospects if countries adopt sustainable energy policies.

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10 Apr 2024
Climate and energy futures: Africa's path forward

This seminar discusses two new reports that examine Africa’s development prospects if countries adopt sustainable energy policies.

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21 Mar 2024 / by Dhesigen Naidoo & David Willima
Youth and the rising climate threat to Africa’s coastal communities

Given fast-growing coastal populations, African youth should be the focus of climate adaptation efforts and the blue economy.
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01 Feb 2024 / by David Willima
Africa’s oceans could pay dearly for the Red Sea Crisis

Africa faces the most severe environmental damage from the conflict – countries must actively work on diplomatic solutions.

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