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Renewable Energy Sources Hold Key to Unlocking Rural Africa’s Power Potential

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Voices & Views

Per capita electricity consumption in Africa is well below the average for residents of the European Union but that doesn’t mean that the continent is short of sustainable power-generating potential, according to a report...

Africa
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
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Energy
Environment & green economy
Fisheries
Forests

New Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Development Cooperation

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Voices & Views

With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, experts agree that the continuing trend towards urbanisation is both inevitable and irreversible. New EC guidelines propose a fresh mindset to assist the...

Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Capacity Development
Climate change & disaster risks
+9
Development Policy
Energy
Environment & green economy
Knowledge Management
Learning
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation
Forests
Transport & Infrastructure
Urban Development

New EC Briefing for Non-Experts on Climate Change: It’s a Mad, Mad World

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Voices & Views

When it comes to climate change, it’s a mad, mad world. That’s the message from a new EC-commissioned e-booklet, which uses the abbreviation “MAD” to outline a strategic framework for combating global warning: Mitigation...

Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Energy
+2
Environment & green economy
Forests