In the second session of our NBI Deep Dive series, we focus on a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) case study of wetland restoration in La Mojana, Colombia.
The Liberals unveiled the federal budget 2023 on March 28, promising tens of billions of dollars to speed the energy transition. But many industry leaders said they were impressed by something other than the size of the financial commitments. What caught their attention was an apparent effort to move policies announced long ago closer to implementation.
This project aims to improve mangrove protection through an ecosystem approach, using nature-based solutions to benefit 8,000 people, particularly women, in the Sine Saloum and Casamance deltas in southern Senegal.
En Afrique, l’insuffisance du financement agricole est l’une des principales barrières à l’augmentation de la production alimentaire. De nombreux pays de la région ont le potentiel pour accroître durablement leur approvisionnement agricole et réduire leurs importations.
For three days last week the world came together at the United Nations in New York City to discuss ways to place water at the center of decision-making. The UN Water Conference, the first such event in 46 years, was billed as a marquee attraction, a chance to corral public and political attention and train it on the global challenges of too much water, too little water, and water that is too polluted.
Considering the devastating effects of prolonged load-shedding it is hardly a surprise that the government has declared a state of disaster. What does surprise, though, is that energy storage (including utility scale batteries) receives relatively little attention in the array of solutions being considered, when it could play an important role in solving SA's electricity crisis.