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Africa lagging behind in development of ‘green’ energy economy – UN
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Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and ‘green’ energy remaining largely under-exploited, warned a new report released on March 3 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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A UNEP assessment noted that the entire continent has just over 120 carbon market projects up and running in the pipeline in areas ranging from wind power to forestry schemes, and harvesting methane gas from landfills to fuel electricity generation makes up 20 per cent of all such initiatives.
Larger economies in Africa such as Egypt and South Africa are home to the lion’s share of the schemes, with 32 and 13 projects respectively, while Zambia, Madagascar, Cameroon and Mali only have one or two projects for each one and several countries have none, according to the report.
Source: UN News Center
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