By Gaylor Montmasson-Clair Electric Cars being recharged in Paris. South Africa needs to subsidise entry level vehicles to boost sales. Photo by: Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images…… Read more “Electric vehicles in South Africa: how to avoid making them the privilege of the few”

Indonesia wants to boost renewables in its energy mix by attracting capital and technology from China and Japan, but entrenched interests are getting in the way Indonesian…… Read more “Opinion: Indonesia must push for renewables pivot from coal backers Japan and China”

The pay-for-success bond, focussing on a single species, could engage untapped private resources and help fill the global biodiversity financing gap Black rhinos are an ‘umbrella species’,…… Read more “Could the Rhino Bond accelerate finance for biodiversity?”

The Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance should be greener, more multilateral and better coordinated with other initiatives “The MCDF should focus exclusively on accelerating the green…… Read more “An awkward footing hampers China’s latest development finance institution”

by Romana Greiner Tons of plastic drinking bottles end up in the trash. Especially in countries where people avoid tap water. Now the Paris waterworks want to…… Read more “Stores in Paris offer free drinking water – city produces less plastic waste”

At this year’s Dialogue, Chinese officials were strident and defensive – but it’s better to have Beijing in than out. By Mark S. Cogan Chinese Defense Minister Gen.…… Read more “How Engaged Was China at the Shangri-La Dialogue?”

RAY MWAREYA & ASHLEY SIMANGO Protestors during the Liesbeek Action Campaign against Amazon River Club Development on November 12, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.PHOTO BY BRENTON GEACH/GALLO IMAGES…… Read more “How Indigenous Land Rights Halted Amazon’s South Africa HQ”

Denghua Zhang Research fellow, Australian National University By the time Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s ten-day tour of the Pacific is over in early June, he will…… Read more “What does China want in the Pacific? Diplomatic allies and strategic footholds”

BY Jonathan Munemo Professor of Economics, Salisbury University The global economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February this year…… Read more “Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home”

BY VERONIKA PERKOVÁ Ninfa Carianil Damaso, first female forest ranger of Fundación ProAves, poses in front of a nature preservation sign.PHOTO COURTESY OF FUNDACIÓN PROAVES Women often suffer…… Read more “To Save a Forest, Look to the Women”