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This article first appeared on AfricaCheck. Researched by Sarah Wild Africa as a continent will be particularly vulnerable to climate change, or so the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been saying since 2001. Some scientists even think it will be the continent hardest hit by climate change. As we discussed in…
Researched by Sarah Wild This was first published by AfricaCheck. The world’s leading climate scientists will meet this month in Paris at the Congress of the Parties 21 (COP21) to hammer out an international agreement to attempt to keep global warming below 2° C compared to pre-industrial levels. The 2° C target was chosen because…
This was first published by AfricaCheck. A cartoon image that went viral on Facebook depicted South Africa as the third best solar location globally. How on earth do you measure and rank that? Researched by Sarah Wild If even dim-witted cartoon character Homer Simpson thinks it’s a bad idea for South Africa to build…