https://issuu.com/media4development/docs/e_m_mz_edic_a_o_42_outubro_2021?fr=sNTU2ZDE0MzU1ODU
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A searingly critical look at the role of SA’s current Energy Minister and the DMRE in holding back efforts to decarbonize Eskom
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2021-09-24-will-gwede-mantashe-doom-eskoms-future/
SA’s Eskom now one of the world’s biggest sulphur dioxide emitters!
https://www.powerengineeringint.com/coal-fired/south-africas-eskom-overtakes-us-eu-and-china-as-planets-largest-emitter/
Carbon-Free copper from the DRC – a positive new project from Ivanhoe and DRC and Zijin
https://m.miningweekly.com/article/hydro-project-set-to-boost-green-credentials-of-giant-drc-copper-complex-2021-10-08
Whats going on with Kariba Dam and why is Zambia suffering?
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/zambia-state-power-firm-says-large-part-country-without-electricity-2021-10-08/
An investigative and critical look at what happened with Eskom and South Africa’s reach for more electricity, ending up worse than where they started
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-10-18-the-anatomy-of-a-disaster-a-short-history-of-eskom-and-south-africas-reliance-on-coal/
What is South Africa’s Nersa up to approving Karpower emergency generation licence even without an Environmental Licence and Eskom not agreeing to a PPA?
https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/outa-asks-nersa-for-reasons-behind-approving-karpowerships-generation-licences/
Excellent story about the current impact of climate change in Malawi
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-10-19/the-country-with-tiny-greenhouse-emissions-but-a-huge-climate-crisis
Resources
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Reports
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UN Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 20/21
https://i.unu.edu/media/ehs.unu.edu/attachment/23907/UN_Interconnected_Disaster_Risks_Report_210902_Full_Report.pdf
UN IPCC Report 2021
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Full_Report.pdf
Websites
MIT Climate Portal
MIT, as one of the leading technical universities in the world, has dedicated an entire website towards explaining climate change and outlines some of the technical advances that are being made to combat this global threat....
Beyond Coal
Beyond Coal is a truly inspirational grass-roots organization that has succeeded in retiring over 300 coal plants in the US, via grassroots advocacy, economic analysis and argument and legal action. https://coal.sierraclub.org/
Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is a great website pointing out some of the most impactful ways in which carbon can be removed from the atmosphere. https://drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report for 2021 - is the latest, most comprehensive and scientifically-agreed report on the current effects of human actions in regards to greenhouse gas emissions and contribution to climate change that has put us...
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