Media Monitoring, Wednesday 18 October

Cape Town’s EV Pilot Project Shows A Strong Business Case For Municipalities To Procure EVs For Their Fleets (Clean Technica)

How climate change is forcing elephants and humans to share space (African Arguments)

Senegal Awash In Plastic From Popular Water Sachets (Barrons)

South Africa’s penguins heading toward extinction; will no-fishing zones help? (Mongabay)

Green hydrogen can boost economy create jobs, says Ramaphosa (Mail & Guardian)

South Africa Says It Can Raise $60 Billion for Its Transition to Green Energy (Bloomberg)

#AEW2023: OPEC says energy-starved Africa needs fairer climate treatment (Biz Community)

South Africa advances green hydrogen economy with BMW trial (Zawya)

Net-Zero: Energy price surge and Nigeria’s green ambitions (Zawya)

Zambia advances on international carbon trading with strengthened Article 6 framework (Carbon Pulse)

UNFCCC Posts fNRB Update Research for Public Comment (CCA)

Verra halts credits issuance, launches investigation into Kariba REDD+ project after latest allegations (Carbon Pulse)

Africa and India push rich nations to phase out fossil fuels faster (Climate Change News)

Emerging African oil and gas producing countries to target GHG emissions (ESI Africa)

Carbon markets: Time to listen to Indigenous Peoples and local communities (Ecosystem Marketplace)

Tinubu Urged To Position Nigeria To Tackle Climate, Debt Crises (Leadership)