For Africa, Going Green Is Not a Luxury (Opinion)

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For Africa, Going Green Is Not a Luxury (Opinion)

How can Africa realize economic prosperity without contributing further to climate change? The solution lies in a kind of Green New Deal – a comprehensive strategy for achieving sustainable growth, including through coordinated, large-scale investment in renewable energy deployment.

Read this opinion piece by Carlos Lopes on Pump Africa (link below).

About the author:

Carlos Lopes  i s a professor at the Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town, High Representative of the African Union for partnerships with Europe post-2020 and a member of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.
 

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  1. Ditto Hugh ! Like any task that has a defined degree of difficulty break it down to doable steps. #1 is to STOP, doing what you are currently doing, #2 initiate new concepts or systems integration , #3 have  a useful plan where the byproducts of your deeds will go to do the most good for the larger picture.  For an example

    All waste to compost to soils and forests, builds up soil fertility. with unified effort begin returning  the Sahara forest back to its former self.  Estimated time line 5 years for fertile 5 more for establishing a sustainable forest.  (look up the old Sahara river  that came from lake Victoria to Algeria to the Med. ) 

  2. Whole System Transformation (WST).....waste to energy, sanitation, power, re-cycling water................pettman@soleco-technology.com  ///  www.biophysics-research.net.

    WST....a basic outline of a symbiotic system suitable for small villages and towns setting out socio/economic development systems that bring a GREEN NEW DEAL to reality.