CIDADE DO CABO – No início do ano, o ciclone tropical Idai devastou a África meridional, matando milhares de pessoas e deslocando um número ainda maior. Em Moçambique, foram destruídas perto de metade de todas as colheitas do ano e infra-estruturas críticas. No total, foram afectados mais de três milhões de pessoas na região. Foi uma evocação […]
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How can Africa realize economic prosperity without contributing further to climate change? The solution lies in a kind of Green New Deal – a comprehensive strategy for achieving sustainable growth, including through coordinated, large-scale investment in renewable-energy deployment. CAPE TOWN – Earlier this year, Tropical Cyclone Idai tore through southern Africa, killing hundreds, injuring thousands, and displacing
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Carlos Lopes is a professor at the Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, High Representative of the African Union for partnerships with Europe post-2020, and a member of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate This week, heads of African states are convening at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where they will discuss the
With the G20 leaders’ summit in Argentina and COP24 in Katowice, Poland approaching, the final weeks of 2018 have the potential to be critical to the global fight against climate change. Whether leaders at these events will be bold enough to push for more ambitious national climate action will play a huge part in determining
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The Green Economy is based on the premise that social and economic progress must be achieved in ways that will not exhaust the earth’s finite natural resources and that will cope with the concerns over lack of natural resources, environmental devastation, and climate change. The concept is a culmination of extensive thinking, discussion and analysis
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