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Africa Lagging Behind in Green Energy Economy Development – UN

News Agencies — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:47:38 +0000

Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and ‘green’ energy remaining largely under-exploited, warned a new...

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Solar Lighting Spells End of Kerosene in Africa

Guest Writer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:11:21 +0000

By Charlotte Webster* A simple but effective solar kit is helping to bring light to homes in the less-industrialised world without the choking side-effects of kerosene lamps. About 14 per cent of...

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Reflections on CSR in Kenya and China in Africa

Guest Writer — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:46:44 +0000

By Wayne Visser* Last week, I was hosted by Ufadhili Trust to deliver a 2 day workshop on CSR in Nairobi, Kenya. As I was last in Kenya 20 years ago when I attended an AIESEC African Leadership...

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Don’t Sacrifice Health in Climate Battle — Bill Gates

Scidev Network — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:10:06 +0000

By Naomi Antony Spending more on climate change research could put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk by stripping away precious global health funding, Bill Gates has said. In his 2010 Annual...

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How Climate Change Fans Armed Conflicts in Africa — Report

Guest Writer — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:08:10 +0000

By Nnaemeka Meribe If nothing is done soon to combat climate change, the number of armed conflicts raging in Africa is likely to increase, and this may swell the number of deaths from war, according...

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Africa’s Cement Industry to Gather in Cape Town

Kathy Newman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:55:53 +0000

Africa’s cement industry will for two days this April gather in one of the continent’s biggest environmental and sustainable built environment events. The inaugural Environmental Cement...

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New Report Says Kenya at Carbon Crossroads

Scidev Network — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:55:11 +0000

By David Njagi Kenya’s planned development path will more than double its carbon emissions unless efforts are taken to pursue low carbon development, according to an environmental think...

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Top Emerging Nations in Deal to Boost Climate Science Cooperation

Scidev Network — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:09:31 +0000

By T. V. Padma Four rapidly developing countries — Brazil, South Africa, India and China (known as BASIC) — have vowed to boost climate science cooperation among themselves and other developing...

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Glaxo to Share Malaria Drug Data in Open Innovation

Scidev Network — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:04:03 +0000

By Katherine Nightingale Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will release 13,500 malaria drug candidates into the public domain as part of its ‘open innovation’ agenda, it has...

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How to Get the Most of Sustainable CSR Communication

Kathy Newman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:07:36 +0000

Successful businesses are those that plan for long-term, sustainable development, taking into account the social and environmental impacts of their activities. This means considering the effect of...

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