Science and Technology : Africa Progress Report 2015

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For Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015 is a turning point. The summits on sustainable development, financing and climate change are swinging the spotlight not only onto Africa’s needs to accelerate development and adapt to global warming, but also onto the region’s urgent energy crisis. Two in three Africans lack access to electricity.

But this crisis is also a moment of great opportunity, as we demonstrate in the Africa Progress Report 2015, Power People Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities. Demand for modern energy is set to surge, fuelled by economic growth, demographic change and urbanisation. As the costs of low-carbon energy fall, Africa could leapfrog into a new era of power generation. Utility reform, new technologies and new business models could be as transformative in energy as the mobile phone has been in telecommunications.

Renewable energy is at the forefront of the changes sweeping Africa, which is registering some of the most remarkable advances in solar, geothermal and wind power. With world leaders due to meet in Paris in December to settle on a new global climate change deal, Africa has a chance to show the way to a low-carbon future – while putting in place the policies needed to reduce its vulnerability to the effects of climate change.

A “triple win” is within the region’s grasp, as renewable technologies create opportunities to increase agricultural productivity, improve resilience to climate change, and contribute to long-term reductions in dangerous carbon emissions.

The Africa Progress Report 2015 explains the bold steps that leaders globally and in Africa must take to achieve this vision. Above all, the report shows that the global climate moment is also Africa’s moment – Africa’s moment to lead the world.

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http://www.africaprogresspanel.org/...n2vyELJ_2JBEhl9YLVOpzD7oCvaOSprNdaBoCTVrw_wcB
 

Renewable energy is at the forefront of the changes sweeping Africa, which is registering some of the most remarkable advances in solar, geothermal and wind power.

This should be the focus. Harvesting the limitless energy from the sun and wind is imperative to the future. Energy should be plentiful and the cost minimal.
 
This should be the focus. Harvesting the limitless energy from the sun and wind is imperative to the future. Energy should be plentiful and the cost minimal.

Yes, and they have the opportunity to do things the right way from the outset. Unlike the West, where there is so much damage done already.

I must admit, I get nervous reading about all the outsiders involved, though.

*fingers crossed*
 

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