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Russia’s Rosatom to support nuclear projects across Africa at AEW2024
Rosatom, now building Egypt's first nuclear power plant, has announced a strong pipeline of projects across Africa, having signed agreements with Burkina Faso, Congo and Guinea while making inroads in Kenya and beyond.
Global warming will increase crop yields in Global North, but reduce them in Global South
Global warming will increase crop yields in the Global North, largely thanks to increased “carbon fertilisation” and temperature increases towards the optimal for growing crops, but will decrease it in the Global South.
AI will be a major source of GHGs by 2030, says Morgan Stanley
Energy ravenous AI data centres are set to become a major source of GHGs emissions by 2030 as the number of server farms needed to run the artificial intelligence services is set to expand exponentially over the next two and half decades.
Hundreds of millions on verge of starvation, billions more undernourished as Climate Crisis droughts take their toll
The Climate Crisis is depressing crop yields and fuelling a growing global hunger crisis that has already reached "unprecedented proportions," with between 3.1bn and 4.2bn people now unable to afford a healthy diet.
IMF: Carbon emissions from AI and crypto are surging and tax policy can help
What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry and that is increasing emissions.
US lab invents a Fremen-tech water harvester
An American lab has developed “Fremen-like” technology that can extract moisture from the air even in a desert.
Burkina Faso the latest African country to enter nuclear power plant construction talks with Russia
A delegation of technical experts from the Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom has arrived in Burkina Faso to negotiate the construction of a nuclear power plant in the West African country, local media outlet Burkina24 reported on August 6.
Global sea surface temperatures have surged
In the past 15 months, global sea surface temperatures have surged to unprecedented levels, fuelling heatwaves, and accelerated the melting of sea ice, alarming scientists and environmentalists alike.
The West is bleeding the Global South of wealth thanks to massive wage inequality, says study
The developed markets of the West are bleeding the Global South of wealth thanks to massive differences in nominal wages, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
Global solar panel glut caused by Chinese overproduction
There is an overproduction of solar panels worldwide, with production capacity exceeding demand by 2 TW. This surplus has led to falling prices.