Ray Mwareya

As extreme weather reduces crop yields and drives farmers off the land, Africa’s agricultural players are gradually adopting climate-smart technologies, despite lagging the rest of the world in financing and expertise. “Both the farmer and food consumer could face hunger disaster,” Shamiso Mupara , an organic food regeneration entrepreneur, says of the FAO’s assessment that agricultural yields across Africa could decline 50% by 2100 if temperatures increase between 1.5-4ºc in this century....

A new carbon-credit scheme in the southern arc of Africa wants to work ethically where others have been beset with accusations of land colonialism, corrupt deals, and ‘green washing’.

What makes copper so crucial to the global energy transition is that the metal is used in solar panels, wind turbines, power cables, and electrical wiring, writes Shaik Ejamani Peer Mohamed, Senior Consultant for Power Cables at Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian energy insurance practice. Additionally, electricity demand for household and industrial use is expected to rise annually from 25 Mt currently to 36.6 Mt by 2031. With a supply forecast of 30.1 Mt, the global copper shortage looms.