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The Water, Energy & Food Security Nexus for Achieving The SDGs
The nexus approach to food, water and energy sectors is holistic, with view to optimize trade-offs and synergies. Can the “nexus” place SDGs within reach? By Ashvin Ramasamy What Is The Nexus…
July 18, 2018
The Hydroelectricity Path in African Regions: Energy Pools & PIDA
By Ashvin Ramasamy The Current State of Electrification in Africa Currently only 31 percent of all Africans have access to electricity. Hydropower constitutes a reliable renewable energy source,…
July 8, 2018
Failed promises – The Smokescreen of Tanzania’s Mining Industry
A close examination of the mining industry of Tanzania reveals strongly negative impacts to quality of life, on economic conditions and environmental resources. By Ashvin Ramasamy Mining companies…
July 6, 2018
Mainstreaming Biodiversity into Sustainable Food Systems
There is no agreed standard way of measuring agrobiodiversity in diets, food production systems or in genetic resources. By Richard China The UN commented this week on the release of the 2018…
July 5, 2018
Making Biogas Mainstream: Steering Africa Away from Polluting Fuels
A recent analysis of an energy production plant in Romania found that biogas saves 114 thousand tonnes of direct CO2 emission per year that would have been generated by combustion of methane.…
June 30, 2018
Effectiveness of Carbon Pricing & Implications for African Nations
A carbon tax and cap and trade system have for goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions But how do governments use them in reality? How does the concept fit in the African context? By Ashvin…
June 28, 2018
Who Needs Climate Finance Anyway
Why is climate finance becoming such a central topic in the global economy? Climate change disrupts development, a gap that climate finance is filling By Zeph Kivungi The next few days and weeks are…