The Energy Mix

Top Menu

  • About
  • Latest Digest/Archive
  • Partners
  • Which Energy Mix is this?
  • Contact

Main Menu

  • News Archive by Category
    • Climate & Society
      • Carbon Levels & Measurement
      • Carbon-Free Transition
      • Climate Action/”Blockadia”
      • Climate Denial & Greenwashing
      • Climate Policy/Meetings/Negotiations
      • Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
      • Demographics
      • Energy Politics
      • Energy Subsidies
      • Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
      • Finance & Investment
      • First Peoples
      • Insurance & Liability
      • International Agencies & Studies
      • Jobs & Training
      • Legal & Regulatory
      • Media, Messaging, & Public Opinion
      • Methane
      • Travel, Leisure & Recreation
    • Climate Impacts & Adaptation
      • Biodiversity & Habitat
      • Drought, Famine & Wildfires
      • Food Security
      • Forests & Deforestation
      • Health & Safety
      • Heat & Temperature
      • Human Rights & Migration
      • Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
      • International Security & War
      • Severe Storms & Flooding
      • Soil & Natural Sequestration
      • Water
    • Demand & Distribution
      • Air & Marine
      • Auto & Alternative Vehicles
      • Batteries/Storage
      • Buildings
      • Cities
      • Electricity Grid
      • Energy Access & Equity
      • Off-Grid
      • Petrochemicals & Plastics
      • Supply Chains & Consumption
      • Transit
      • Walking & Biking
    • Jurisdictions
      • Africa
      • Arctic & Antarctica
      • Asia
      • Australia
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • China
      • Europe
      • India
      • International
      • Mexico, Caribbean & Latin America
      • Middle East
      • Oceans
      • Small Island States
      • South & Central America
      • Sub-National Governments
      • United States
    • Non-Renewable Energy
      • CCS & Negative Emissions
      • Coal
      • Nuclear
      • Oil & Gas
      • Pipelines/Rail Transport
      • Shale & Fracking
      • Tar Sands/Oil Sands
    • Opinion & Analysis
    • Renewable Energy
      • Bioenergy
      • Demand & Efficiency
      • General Renewables
      • Geothermal
      • Hydrogen
      • Hydropower
      • Research & Development
      • Solar
      • Wave & Tidal
      • Wind
  • Special Reports
    • Alberta’s Bitumen Pipe Dream
    • Canada’s Drive to Net Zero
    • Carbon Farming
    • City and Sub-National Action
    • Drawdown
    • Drive to 1.5
    • 26-Week Climate Transition Program for Canada
    • America’s Electoral Climate 2020
    • Canada’s Climate Change Election 2019
    • The Energy Mix Yearbook 2018
      • Climate Extremes
      • Fossils Go For Broke
      • Renewables (R)Evolution
      • Electric Vehicles
      • Canada’s Contradiction
      • COP24
      • Pipeline Politics
      • Jobs and Just Transition
      • Cities and Sub-Nationals
      • Finance and Divestment
      • Climate Litigation
  • Webinars & Podcasts
  • About
  • Latest Digest/Archive
  • Partners
  • Which Energy Mix is this?
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
  • Donate

logo

  • News Archive by Category
    • Climate & Society
      • Carbon Levels & Measurement
      • Carbon-Free Transition
      • Climate Action/”Blockadia”
      • Climate Denial & Greenwashing
      • Climate Policy/Meetings/Negotiations
      • Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
      • Demographics
      • Energy Politics
      • Energy Subsidies
      • Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
      • Finance & Investment
      • First Peoples
      • Insurance & Liability
      • International Agencies & Studies
      • Jobs & Training
      • Legal & Regulatory
      • Media, Messaging, & Public Opinion
      • Methane
      • Travel, Leisure & Recreation
    • Climate Impacts & Adaptation
      • Biodiversity & Habitat
      • Drought, Famine & Wildfires
      • Food Security
      • Forests & Deforestation
      • Health & Safety
      • Heat & Temperature
      • Human Rights & Migration
      • Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
      • International Security & War
      • Severe Storms & Flooding
      • Soil & Natural Sequestration
      • Water
    • Demand & Distribution
      • Air & Marine
      • Auto & Alternative Vehicles
      • Batteries/Storage
      • Buildings
      • Cities
      • Electricity Grid
      • Energy Access & Equity
      • Off-Grid
      • Petrochemicals & Plastics
      • Supply Chains & Consumption
      • Transit
      • Walking & Biking
    • Jurisdictions
      • Africa
      • Arctic & Antarctica
      • Asia
      • Australia
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • China
      • Europe
      • India
      • International
      • Mexico, Caribbean & Latin America
      • Middle East
      • Oceans
      • Small Island States
      • South & Central America
      • Sub-National Governments
      • United States
    • Non-Renewable Energy
      • CCS & Negative Emissions
      • Coal
      • Nuclear
      • Oil & Gas
      • Pipelines/Rail Transport
      • Shale & Fracking
      • Tar Sands/Oil Sands
    • Opinion & Analysis
    • Renewable Energy
      • Bioenergy
      • Demand & Efficiency
      • General Renewables
      • Geothermal
      • Hydrogen
      • Hydropower
      • Research & Development
      • Solar
      • Wave & Tidal
      • Wind
  • Special Reports
    • Alberta’s Bitumen Pipe Dream
    • Canada’s Drive to Net Zero
    • Carbon Farming
    • City and Sub-National Action
    • Drawdown
    • Drive to 1.5
    • 26-Week Climate Transition Program for Canada
    • America’s Electoral Climate 2020
    • Canada’s Climate Change Election 2019
    • The Energy Mix Yearbook 2018
      • Climate Extremes
      • Fossils Go For Broke
      • Renewables (R)Evolution
      • Electric Vehicles
      • Canada’s Contradiction
      • COP24
      • Pipeline Politics
      • Jobs and Just Transition
      • Cities and Sub-Nationals
      • Finance and Divestment
      • Climate Litigation
  • Webinars & Podcasts
Advanced Search

Africa

Home›Jurisdictions›Category: "Africa"
  • AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States

    Global Forest Loss Accelerates Despite Pandemic Restrictions

    April 8, 2021
     
    April 8, 2021
    Two recent studies are offering new evidence that the carbon-sequestering forests required to hold average global warming to 1.5°C are in peril.
    Read More
  • AfricaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSupply Chains & Consumption

    Reliable Solar Can Support Vaccine Distribution in Africa

    March 30, 2021
     
    March 30, 2021
    The struggle to acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in many African countries is only the latest iteration of a long-standing problem: poor electricity access. ...
    Read More
  • AfricaAsiaBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains & Consumption

    2/3 of Tropical Rainforests Destroyed or Damaged by Logging, Farming

    March 18, 2021
     
    March 18, 2021
    New research concludes that roughly 64% of the world’s original tropical rainforest has been either degraded or destroyed by the hunger for commodities like ...
    Read More
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeJurisdictions

    Youth Delegates Get Seat at the Table, Begin Demanding Respect at UN Climate Talks

    March 16, 2021
     
    March 16, 2021
    Youth delegates are finally just beginning to claim their seat at the table in United Nations climate negotiations. But some of the (apparent) adults ...
    Read More
  • AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable Energy

    China’s International Investments Undermine ‘Green is Gold’ Domestic Mandate

    March 16, 2021
     
    March 16, 2021
    China’s efforts to assert the green credentials of its Belt and Road Initiative are being undermined by its long-standing habit of ignoring public opinion, ...
    Read More
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsRenewable Energy

    Decentralized Energy Is Critical for African Vaccine Distribution

    March 9, 2021
     
    March 9, 2021
    Getting vaccines (and good health care in general) to all the people who need it depends on connecting remote and rural health centres to ...
    Read More
  • AfricaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalJurisdictionsSouth & Central AmericaSupply Chains & Consumption

    Transition to Electric Cars Need Not Demand a Toxic Lithium Legacy

    March 7, 2021
     
    March 7, 2021
    Despite widespread assumptions, lithium and rare earth minerals like coltan—and all the environmental and social harms that attend their extraction and use—are not necessarily ...
    Read More
  • AfricaCanadaClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    Canadian, European Officials Urge World Bank to End Fossil Investments

    March 7, 2021
     
    March 7, 2021
    Senior officials from Canada and Europe are urging the World Bank to end its investments in coal- and oil-related projects and gradually phase out ...
    Read More
  • AfricaAsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    War-Torn States Look to Local Renewables, Rooftop Solar for Greater Stability

    March 3, 2021
     
    March 3, 2021
    Desperate to improve energy access for their citizens, some of the world’s most fragile states have delivered an open letter to wealthy nations, development ...
    Read More
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion

    Lookback: Anjali Appadurai Speaks for ‘Silent Majority’ at COP 17

    Full Story: Democracy Now! @democracynow

    March 1, 2021
     
    Primary Author Anjali Appadurai @anjaliapp
    March 1, 2021
    Just over nine years ago, at the closing plenary of COP 17 in Durban, South Africa, climate youth delegate Anjali Appadurai delivered a transfixing ...
    Read More
  • AfricaChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsEuropeHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    Russian Veto Blocks UN Security Council Action on Climate

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    The sitting president of the United Nations Security Council was left “stabbing at a broken panic button” yesterday after Russia’s veto threat prevented the ...
    Read More
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions

    World Bank, IMF May Link Debt Relief for Poor Countries with Climate Investments

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are looking at how to take climate change into account as they open negotiations to ...
    Read More
  • AfricaAsiaBrazilClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationSouth & Central America

    Tree Programs Should Favour Natural Regeneration Over Commercial Plantations

    Full Story: Climate News Network @ClimateNewsDay

    February 21, 2021
     
    Primary Author Alex Kirby
    February 21, 2021
    The oil company Shell recently miscalculated the extent of its reserves on a pretty massive scale. The mistake meant its new scenario for meeting ...
    Read More
  • AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAsiaBrazilClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsOceansRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingSolarSouth & Central America

    Too Much Sahara Solar Development Could Bring Regional, Global Climate Impacts

    Full Story: The Conversation @ConversationEDU

    February 17, 2021
     
    Primary Author Zhengyao Lu/Lund University and Benjamin Smith/Western Sydney University
    February 17, 2021
    The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power—the most abundant and clean source of energy we ...
    Read More
  • AfricaAsiaCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsMiddle EastNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSouth & Central AmericaSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    EXCLUSIVE: Study Shows Governments’ Oil and Gas Revenue Crashing as Decarbonization Takes Hold

    February 12, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 12, 2021
    Canadian governments stand to lose more than half of their revenue from oil and gas activities through 2040, and nearly nine-tenths of the taxes ...
    Read More
1 2 3 … 20

ICYMI

  • AfricaBuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    Ghana Faces Higher Cost Risk with Dependence on LNG

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail Transport

    UK Decides Against Public Finance for Oil Pipeline Across Uganda, Tanzania

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
  • AfricaCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictions

    Ottawa’s $130M for Africa Climate Action is Almost All Loan

    April 8, 2021
     
    April 8, 2021
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    Togo Completes 265-MW Solar Project

    April 5, 2021
     
    April 5, 2021
  • AfricaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    Swedish Equipment Maker ABB Lands Contract for Mozambique LNG Project

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
  • AfricaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionForests & DeforestationICYMIJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    Colossal Fossil Total Plans 40,000-Hectare Forest in Congo

    March 30, 2021
     
    March 30, 2021
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    Masdar Considers 500 MW of Solar Projects in Ethiopia

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
  • AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    Canadian Fossil Drills for Oil in Namibia with Scant Concern for Toxic Risks

    March 25, 2021
     
    March 25, 2021
  • AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationICYMIJurisdictionsUnited States

    Greenpeace Urges Biden to Back Land Rights for Congo Forest Communities

    March 25, 2021
     
    March 25, 2021
  • AfricaBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    1.2 Million Angolan Families to Benefit from Solar

    March 21, 2021
     
    March 21, 2021
  • AfricaBatteries/StorageBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    Malawi to Break Ground on First Solar+Storage Project

    March 18, 2021
     
    March 18, 2021
  • AfricaBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeothermalICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable Energy

    Kenya Harnesses Geothermal from Volatile Great Rift Valley

    March 18, 2021
     
    March 18, 2021
  • AfricaAsiaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictions

    Conventional Climate Finance Isn’t Working for Women Entrepreneurs

    March 18, 2021
     
    March 18, 2021
  • AfricaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFood SecurityICYMIInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    East Africa Faces Growing Threat of Flood

    March 16, 2021
     
    March 16, 2021
  • AfricaBuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyWind

    Africa Urged to Accelerate Wind Development, Create Jobs

    March 14, 2021
     
    March 14, 2021
  • About the Energy Mix
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy and Copyright
Copyright 2021 © Smarter Shift Inc. and Energy Mix Productions Inc. All rights reserved.