Africa Global Warming

Nearly 30 African Ministers Meet To Discuss Renewable Energy: 'The Potential Is Enormous'

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 09.07.2011

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Africa's growing economy and reliance on carbon-emitting energy from wood and charcoal could "exponentially" w...

The Toxic Ecology of African Dictatorships

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Alemayehu G. Mariam

The inconvenient truth about Africa today is that dictatorship presents a far more perilous threat to the survival of Africans than climate change.

Copenhagen: The Mouse that Roared at the Conference

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Alemayehu G. Mariam

The "delegation of African negotiators" rumbled into Copenhagen rubbing their palms and licking their chops in the hope of reaping billions of dollars in carbon blood money and make a quick exit.