The City of Cape Town has set itself a target of sourcing 10% of its electricity from renewable energy resources by 2020 and the roll-out of the small-scale embedded generation tariff supports this goal. ‘Simply put, those residents and businesses that generate their own electricity through alternative renewable energy resources will soon have the option … Continued
Each year Earth Overshoot Day is observed; a day that marks the date when Earth has used up its yearly resources and that date this year is August 19. In less than eight months Earth has managed to use up an entire year’s worth of environmental resources and each year it is happening sooner. This … Continued
Globally 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. In addition, approximately 200 million people per year are victims of disasters which impede access to existing sanitation facilities. As the sphere of government closest to the people, local governments are often responsible not only for sanitation service delivery, but also the first line of response … Continued
Buy the State of African Cities now! Limited supply! The African continent is currently in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Africa’s economic performance is promising, with booming cities supporting growing middle classes and creating sizable consumer markets. But despite significant overall growth, not all of … Continued
ICLEI Africa, GIZ and the Kindondoni Municipality held a showday and final workshop for the Urban Nexus pilot project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this week. The project titled “Operationalisation of the Urban Nexus in Metropolitan regions” is a two-country pilot in Tanzania and India, with a global study and review of methods for implementing … Continued
KwaDukuza Municipality, in collaboration with ICLEI Africa through the Urban-LEDS project, recently conducted a training session with KwaDukuza Environmental Ward Forum members to build their skills, knowledge and capacity so they can champion the rollout of an exciting new initiative, and be the community trainers in the next phase of the project. The purpose of the … Continued
9 July 2014 marked a momentous occasion for ICLEI Africa as it launched the State of African Cities 2014: Re-imagining sustainable urban transitions report in South Africa. The report seeks to stimulate discussions on the need for radically different, re-imagined development visions to guide sustainable urban growth and other transitions in Africa over the decades to come. … Continued
Gathering of policy makers, farmer leaders, researchers, and program officials will tap energy of major initiatives using the best in current landscape management knowledge and practice. How will African farmers deal with climate change? Can we preserve biodiversity while lifting millions of rural Africans out of poverty? What needs to be done to create healthy … Continued
African leaders attending the 23rd Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea have been unanimous on the strategies needed to step up agricultural transformation to promote the continent’s development. Championing the call was African Union Commission Chairperson, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma who spelt out strategic directions including increased public-private … Continued
In Working Paper No. 4, CCAPS researchers Dr. Robert Wilson and Todd Smith examine the responses and adaptations to climate change within ten African cities. Download the paper here!