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Everything is bigger in the city – the problems and the potential

Everything is bigger in the city – the problems and the potential

Everyone who lives in one – from Algeria to Zimbabwe – knows this. Still, it helps to have it spelled out.

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Can Africa’s fast-growing cities manage climate change?

Can Africa’s fast-growing cities manage climate change?

Dubai is not a role model when it comes to overcrowding and pollution, even if that’s where African climate leaders are heading

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Profile: Climate leaders with answers

Profile: Climate leaders with answers

BEN OKRI, 64, is a Nigerian-born poet, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, aphorist and playwright.

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Media Monitoring, Thursday 23 November

Media Monitoring, Thursday 23 November

$1.5trln global Blue Economy potential untapped in Africa, Globally coordinated approach must to achieve circular green economy

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Media Monitoring, Wednesday 22 November

Media Monitoring, Wednesday 22 November

Germany's Scholz promises €4 billion for Africa's green energy and economic growth, alongside a German-Nigerian deal at the 'Compact with Africa' summit, securing a $500M pact for renewable energy.

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Media Monitoring, Tuesday 21 November

Media Monitoring, Tuesday 21 November

Nigeria’s Power Minister announces $2.2 billion Solar PV deal with Sun Africa, Control of Africa’s forests must not be sold to carbon offset companies

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Media Monitoring, Monday 20 November

Media Monitoring, Monday 20 November

Camco plans $1.6 billion fund for African renewable energy electrification while the government of Ghana proposes 8-year import duty waiver for public transportation electric vehicles from 2024

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Media Monitoring, Friday 17 November

Media Monitoring, Friday 17 November

Report stresses dire need for investment in Africa's green cities, Harnessing Youth Is Key To Tackling Climate Change In Africa

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The easiest climate action Africa can take? Cut petrol subsidies

The easiest climate action Africa can take? Cut petrol subsidies

It’s big. It’s immediate. And it even saves money. To end government funding for fossil fuel is a game-changer. And at last it’s happening.

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Africa's bold move to end fuel subsidies

Africa's bold move to end fuel subsidies

Angola just joined the bandwagon of nations phasing out cheap petrol. All subsidies will be gone by late 2025, the government announced.

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Making tree-planting count

Making tree-planting count

Political gimmick or killer app for Africa’s climate? It depends on the way you do it. 

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Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Charles Batte is the founder of Tree Adoption Uganda and was named one of the top 100 Young African Conservation Leaders.

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