Is nuclear power the key to independent energy in South Africa?

South Africa’s low power margin is no secret. However, despite of the stigmatisation of nuclear energy as a concept, the country could benefit from boosting its nuclear program. Consider for starters, more efficient generatio...
by Brandon Engel
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Gender Responsive Climate Change Adaptation

The countries that are most affected by climate changes are the poorest and within these states, women bear the brunt of the negative effects of the changes to natural resources, agriculture and environment. Hence, climate chan...
by El Mostafa Jamea
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International Political Forum

Tens Of Thousands Stranded, Serbians Take Flood Relief Into Their Own Hands

In May 2014, a natural disaster the size of which officials claim hasn’t been seen in over 120 years hit Serbia and Bosnia, when a huge low-pressure cloud system hovered over the region shedding three-months worth or rain...
by Danica Radisic
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COP20: Australia tightens belt on environmental spending

Australia’s federal government has slashed funding to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) by AU$4 million ahead of UN climate talks in Lima. Australia’s environment minister, Greg Hunt, said that other issues took precedenc...
by Sydney Pead
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COP18: Doha Briefs – Approaching the end

It is late, very late, and the convention centre is emptying up pretty quickly. There are only a handful of us here still churning out the last snippets of energy for the day. There have been a couple of issues that still have ...
by Rubin Makomere
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Money and Speed is the New Green

Chocolate, wine, sleep, sex: How would you react if these comforting pleasures were to be sapped from your life? If we truly value the good things in life, then why are we sacrificing the warming blaze of the sun, the life affi...
by Gustav Isherwood
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COP19: Intellectual property rights with Pachauri

In an interview with The Verb, Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, director general of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has called for greater collaboration between organisations from all over the world in the development of new...
by Michael Mazengarb
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Seagrass Struggles: Why Seagrass Is Important And In Danger

The Great Barrier Reef: a monstrous hunk of calcium carbonate that supports an extensive network of sea animals by providing food and shelter. How often have we heard about the danger that the Reef is in? Too many times to coun...
by Brian Watts
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Could 2013 Kill Australia’s Carbon Tax?

Believe it or not, we all survived the Mayan apocalypse. It looks like we might even survive this fiscal cliff nonsense, and we all survived the first 6 months of Australia’s supposedly ‘catastrophic’ carbon tax. What a m...
by Chris Wright
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