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Q&A: Drivers point to growth in Africa’s industrial water market

Envirotec Magazine

With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury of water engineering firm Desalytics, as he prepares for Water Africa 2024 in Ghana in June. What are the main challenges for the water market in Africa?

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Ed’s note: Energy poverty in our own backyard

Smart Energy International

It brings together academics, policymakers and various experts in the field of energy poverty for a series of seminars, workshops and discussions. Today, it is focused on Latin America, tomorrow on Europe (my own backyard), Thursday on Asia and Friday on Africa.

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A Growing Wave of Litigation Spurs Climate Action

DeSmogBlog

In South Africa, three civil society organizations launched a case alleging that the government’s plans to obtain new coal power threaten various constitutional rights. These are just a handful of the hundreds of cases of climate litigation that have arisen worldwide over the past few years. A young protester shows support for Juliana v.

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What Jeremy Leggett did next: The British solar pioneer turning his hand to 'ethically profitable' rewilding

Business Green

But whichever category backers fall into, all shareholders will hold the same rights, even though the investment sums will differ vastly across each, the firm insists. The site is for sale for offers of over £10.4m, but Highlands Rewilding believes its plans require something closer to £14m of investment. Leggett explains.

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Global Briefing: In-person COP15 biodiversity talks braced for delay to 2022

Business Green

The country's minister for maritime and investment affairs Luhut Pandjaitan told a seminar this week that he was optimistic the country could achieve net zero within 40 years, according Reuters. "I South Africa calls for global climate adaptation target. South Africa calls for global climate adaptation target.