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Power Potential and Pitfalls on the Congo: Developing Africa’s Cleanest and Largest Hydropower Opportunity

The erratic progress made by the Democratic Republic of the Congo in capitalizing on the power of the Congo River for development of its economy is charted in this news analysis by writer Peter Fairley. The Congo River, second only to the Amazon in hydrological significance, has, he writes, the potential to power a continent but until now this promise has been unrealized. Read his analysis here.

Peter Fairley, posted on March 8th, 2010
Articles, Economy, Energy, Featured Article, Politics, Water | No Comments »

Carbon Trading: A Brief Introduction

Originally Published by Synthesis/Regeneration

Oscar Reyes of the Carbon Trade Watch takes us on an in depth tour of carbon trading.

Posted on March 4th, 2010
Climate, Economy, Energy

GEO needs stronger political and financial support to succeed

Dr. Roy Gibson, first Director General of the European Space Agency and the first Director General of the British National Space Centre, made a strong argument for the need of governments to give priority financial and political support to GEO and GEOSS as speaker at the GEO-IGOS Symposium in Washington DC on 19 November 2009. His adapted speech from that event and a biographical introduction are reprinted here.