both contribute substantially, and often are very vulnerable, to the impacts of GEC. This applies strongly in Africa, one …

This study develops a scenario-based model to assess the current and future trends in energy demand in Africa and … associated greenhouse gas emissions. Future energy demand is forecast on the basis of socio-economic variables such as gross … main policy implications can be derived from the results of this study. First, it is essential for Africa to promote energy …

started in the same year as the establishment of the environment ministry, 1993, to assess the perspectives as well as the … evolution of the financing of the environment. Such an approach has large benefits as it helps to (1) capture changes in … donors and levels of funding in the sector; (3) document which subsectors of the environment are receiving more resources …

This study seeks to understand what aid flows have been doing to the environment in eight countries in Eastern, Western … and Southern Africa. Total aid to these countries' environmental sectors for the 2000s decade is about US$10.17 billion … environmental conditions as long as mainstreaming of either biodiversity or climate change or desertification or the environment …

generate significant pollution problems and risks to human health and the environment. Over one billion people living in low …, there are opportunities for reducing pollution, alleviating poverty, improving the urban environment, and lowering …Many cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America face serious problems managing their wastes. Two of the major problems …

Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …

change in Africa. Africa's development partners have devoted too few resources and too little attention to two critical …

Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has … of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the … manufacturing and service clusters, Africa is yet to follow East Asia in integrating with the global economy in ways that add value …