The City Fix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Against the backdrop of the Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week, Nairobi hosted the UN Environment Programme’s fourth annual International Clean Air Day for blue skies event with Nairobi City County Governor, Sakaja Johnson, on September 7th, 2023.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 31, 2021

ImpactAlpha, August 31 – Communal ride-hailing service Plentywaka helps bridge gaps in Nigerians’ daily commute with transport to and from bus stations. The post Plentywaka and Kai Senegal raise funds to shake up West African transport appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Long queues for public transport have become common sights during peak hours all over Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Under the hot sun or the heavy rain, people anxiously wait for the next public transport to arrive. Frustrated and eager to reach.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

By Carole Roberts, Researcher, Carbon Footprint of Transport, UCL; Mark Maslin, Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL; and Priti Parikh, Professor of Infrastructure Engineering and International Development, UCL writing in The Conversation. We ultimately want to empower attendees to make informed climate-conscious travel choices.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fuels such as biodiesel made from rapeseed oil or ethanol made from corn were once viewed as the apex of future low-carbon transport. In 2011, the International Energy Agency forecast that biofuels could make up 27 percent of global transportation fuels by 2050. Transport fuels have a 14 percent target to chase by 2030.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Plummeting bus and train ridership, lost jobs, overflowing warehouses, more inequality: 2020’s disruptions to the transport sector were widespread and deep. Speaking at Transforming Transportation 2021, co-hosted by WRI and the World Bank, sustainable mobility leaders from around the world. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In Africa, as elsewhere, advances in computing power, data storage, and sensor and satellite technologies have unleashed unprecedented opportunities but also challenges. The mobile phone has become a powerful tool for generating vast amounts of data. This data can, in.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

Transport is the largest emitter of UK carbon emissions. The decarbonisation of transport is critical, but we are currently solving one sustainability issue while ignoring another. To combat this, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts sales of up to 44 million electric vehicles (EVs) a year by 2030. “By

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Charged

MAY 11, 2023

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), which serves Africa’s largest city, plans to deploy 12,000 electric buses over the next seven years. This is a watershed moment for Yutong,” said Frank Lee, Managing Director, Yutong West Africa.

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CleanTech Group

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The post E-mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Electric Two Wheelers Gaining Momentum appeared first on Cleantech Group. The term micromobility, for most, conjures up the image of electric scooters and bike-sharing programs that have become ubiquitous across most of Europe.

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The City Fix

JULY 15, 2024

Do informal transport networks in African cities provide equitable services for everyone that needs them? Unsurprisingly, the answer is often no. Operators frequently prefer to drive the safest and most central routes, inadvertently prioritizing commuters traveling to formal jobs in.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A growing demand for affordable mobility means growing opportunities for investments in electric transportation. The transport sector is a major greenhouse gas emitter, The post Financing EV startups with carbon credits, battery securitization and more at Africa E-Mobility Week appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Multimodal public transport in Uganda is widespread but largely an informal affair. Kampala, like many African cities, relies on this informal system – comprised largely of taxis (14-seater minibuses) and boda bodas (motorcycle taxis) – to provide much-needed connectivity to. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Japan and South Africa have inked a deal designed to support the reduction of carbon emission of South Africa’s domestic economy and the growth of its hydrogen economy, including potential green hydrogen and ammonia projects and a technology transfer from Japan. The goal is to help South Africa decarbonize key industries.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Africa is full of potential infrastructure project opportunities in the pipeline. This is according to Hendrik Malan, CEO and partner at Frost & Sullivan and one of many expert speakers who will address the upcoming Africa’s Green Economy Summit taking place from 22–24 February 2023.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Public transport is one of the best, most cost-effective solutions available to address today’s climate and development challenges. Buses and trains can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to two-thirds per passenger, per kilometer compared to private vehicles. The UN’s latest.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of Africa’s declining air quality. However, far too little has been done to try and combat the dangerous air quality with just 0.01% of global air pollution funding currently spent in Africa. Cairo, Egypt (image credit: Leshiy985/Shutterstock.com).

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 3, 2025

De-Risking Green Hydrogen Projects in Chile and South Africa: Unlocking a Sustainable Future Green hydrogen is on track to become a vital component of global decarbonization efforts. Countries like Chile and South Africa face additional challenges. This is where de-risking comes into play.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2024

Geotab , a Canada-headquartered developer and marketer of transportation telematics hardware and software, has released its second commercial transportation report , entitled “In the Driver’s Seat: Accelerating ROI Through Data Driven Insights.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As the letter states, the EACOP is “the export pipeline required to transport the oil out of landlocked Uganda to international markets, developed by TotalEnergies, alongside CNOOC and the national oil companies of Uganda and Tanzania.”. Updates and reports regarding this complaint will be available on its website.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2020 brought tremendous disruption to the global transportation sector. As the world coped with a pandemic, millions began working from home and millions more lost their jobs. Logistics networks were broken and then reshaped. All while the planet experienced the. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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The City Fix

AUGUST 12, 2020

Cities in Africa are in something of a quandary when it comes to COVID-19. To date, the impact of the disease has been much less than most experts predicted. As of this writing, the continent has had over 890,000 confirmed. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Think industrial processes, domestic heating, and heavy-duty transport. It involves producing hydrogen in its country of origin and transporting it to the border of the country of destination. Corridor B: Southwest Europe & North Africa Similar to corridor A, this will focus on connecting North Africa with Southwestern Europe.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

North-West Africa (to meet European demand), and the southern Arabian Peninsula (to meet local demand and parts of south Asia). 90% of the world’s physical goods trade is transported by ships which burn heavy fuel oil and emit toxic pollutants. This accounts for nearly 3% of the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

One clear finding from this year’s report is that its impact on health disproportionately affects poorer regions, with exposure levels particularly high in cities in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Vast areas of Africa and Asia, for example, have no monitoring networks at all. Where PM2.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Electrifying transport, buildings, and carbon-intensive industrial sectors in order to run them on clean energy sources could slash greenhouse gas emissions in the UK by as much as 60 per cent between now and 2050, according to new analysis today from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The first challenge is to produce sufficient supply of renewable “green” hydrogen; the next is to be able to store it in large quantities; and then to establish the required infrastructure to trade and transport hydrogen. But transporting hydrogen over long distance is not efficient and does make much economic sense.

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The City Fix

JUNE 14, 2022

The Digital Transport for Africa (DT4A) initiative, led by WRI and partners and funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), has selected four winners of the first-ever DT4A Innovation Challenge. From private companies to universities and NGOs, these initiatives are helping to shift. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

KOKO Networks in East Africa has created a scalable solution to the dirty fuels problem. Across Africa, where electricity connections are patchy and mains gas non-existent, cooking fuel has been dominated by charcoal and paraffin, both of which emit fumes and soot, contributing to thousands of premature deaths every year.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The startup has been methodically exploring how batteries might transform life in emerging markets © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Chrysalix and Emerald Technology Partners from Europe; Factor[e] and Social Alpha from Africa/India; and Tsing Capital and CRCM from China. "It

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Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

On the face of it, the power sector in Africa seems to be in trouble. The role of Africa in the world’s energy future is changing as efuels are touted as the answer to the current challenges facing traditional energy systems. VIEW THE ENLIT AFRICA PROGRAMME. Hydrogen future. Welcoming the whole sector ecosystem.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In particular, the signatories ask for the removal of Annex B of the guidance and for the reinstatement of the existing guidance allowing companies to purchase biomethane certificates as part of their Scope 1 reporting. using fossil fuels); scope 2 are from the purchase of energy (e.g.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

People buy it just like they buy cocoa from West Africa: It has that special profile that they're looking for. Above ground, children sort the mica flakes from the rock and transport them to makeshift collection facilities, some of them in abandoned mines. It's one of the highest quality, if not the highest quality, in the world.".

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As cities across Africa experience rapid growth and increased demand for mobility, there is an urgent need to transition towards more sustainable and effective urban transport systems. The urban planning decisions made today will shape cities for decades. However, improvements.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2022

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has acknowledged that South Africa continues to be the number one wind power market in Africa with 2.5GW of cumulative wind power capacity installed in the country. This is supported by the national Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

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