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World’s Biggest Hydropower Scheme Will Leave Africans in the Dark
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 15th, 2011
Inter Press Service: South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project, which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the continent’s 900 million people. But economic analysts warn that foreign investors will prevent the grid from benefiting the general public.
Together with his Congolese counterpart President Joseph Kabila, South African President Jacob Zuma witnessed on Nov. 12 the signing of a deal to construct the Grand Inga Dam. Grand...
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Global emission cuts yield ‘nothing without US participation’
Posted by Jakarta Post: Tifa Asrianti on November 15th, 2011
Jakarta Post: As Indonesia has pledged to cut emissions, it is committed to convincing developed countries to follow suit during the next UN climate change conference later this month.
Rachmat Witoelar, head of the National Council on Climate Change (DNPI) and chief negotiator for Indonesia, said that his team would appeal to developed countries to fulfill their commitment and encourage developing countries to cut emissions as much as possible.
“Indonesia started the initiative by declaring a 26 percent...
Mongolia bids to keep city cool with ‘ice shield’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 15th, 2011
Guardian: Mongolia is to launch one of the world's biggest ice-making experiments later this month in an attempt to combat the adverse affects of global warming and the urban heat island effect.
The geoengineering trial, that is being funded by the Ulan Bator government, aims to "store" freezing winter temperatures in a giant block of ice that will help to cool and water the city as it slowly melts during the summer.
The scientists behind the 1bn tugrik (£460,000) project hope the process will reduce...