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Tuesday 09 February
Global warmingAfricaFiles | 08 Feb 2010This commentary on global warming is written by a university student in Cameroon. AB
Greenwashing hydropowerAfricaFiles | 08 Feb 2010Big dams have frequently high social and environmental costsand long-term economic tradeoffs such as lost fisheries and tourismpotential and flooded agricultural and forest land. According to theindependent World Commission on Dams, most projects have failed tocompensate affected people for their losses and to adequately mitigateenvironmental impacts. AB
Geology and the march of the development technocratsAfricaFiles | 08 Feb 2010Jason Hickel asks whether 'environmental determinism' - the theory that Africas development has been hindered as a result of the environmental conditions that Africans inhabit – accurately explains Africas poverty.
South Africa: Climate change policyAfricaFiles | 27 Jan 2010This is a report on the discussion among government and corporate players about South Africa's proposed policy on greenhouse gas emissions. AB
Burkina Faso: Farmers act on climate changeAfricaFiles | 27 Jan 2010Disappointed by the "failure" of the Copenhagen talks to adequately help poor countries adapt to climate change, the Burkina Faso government and farmers are working to adjust farming techniques to changing weather patterns. AB
Marginal water used in BulawayoAfricaFiles | 25 Jan 2010A project in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, is creatively using "marginal water" to ease water scarcity while helping residents provide food and earn a living. AB
Kenya at a carbon crossroadsAfricaFiles | 25 Jan 2010According to the Stockholm Environmental Institute, an environmental think tank, Kenya's planned development path will more than double its carbon emissions unless efforts are taken to pursue low carbon development. Biomass is expected to provide around 60 per cent of household energy requirements in 2030. AB
Selling off the forests of GuineaAfricaFiles | 25 Jan 2010Since the National Council for Democracy and Development came to power in Guinea on December 23, 2008, several mining contracts and contracts for the purchase of military equipment, for construction, and for reconstruction of military guarisons, have been granted. AB
Ethiopia: No-dam-hydropower project inauguratedAfricaFiles | 23 Jan 2010Ethiopia's first and biggest hydroelectric power-generating plant that does not have its own dam was inaugurated Wednesday by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and a senior official from the project financier, Italy. AB
Wind power potential throughout AfricaAfricaFiles | 23 Jan 2010A study on the African Large-Scale Wind Turbine Market has found that it earned revenues of over $148.4 million in 2008, and a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan estimates this will reach $424.3 million in 2015. AB
Nutritional security is in the balanceSCIDEV.NET | 20 Jan 2010Developing countries urgently need nutritional interventions to safeguard vulnerable people during economic crises, writes Suresh Babu.
Ecology: Vote ArcelorMittal for Public Eye Global Award in Davos by Jan. 26AfricaFiles | 20 Jan 2010Luxembourg steel giant ArcelorMittal has been shortlisted for the Public Eye Global Award due to its heavily polluting operation at its biggest and most profitable plant in South Africa on January 27, the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The general public can cast votes for ArcelorMittal at www.publiceye.ch until 26th January. JS