Zero carbon

Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has joined the UN-backed global campaign to fight global warming. The Kenyan utility becomes the first public service agency in the country to join the initiative.

A recent study by Ricardo and the Environmental Defense Fund for the P4G Getting to Zero Coalition Partnership has found that South Africa holds an untapped opportunity to supply the global shipping industry with zero carbon fuels.

Wind power will provide the backbone to the electricity sector’s transformation over the coming decade, according to a new report from Rethink Energy.

Unilever is committing $1,168billion (€1billion) to investigate how to transition away from fossil fuel derived chemicals for its cleaning and laundry products by 2030.

"Procurement of the EV is in progress and a vehicle is expected to be on the streets by Christmas this year," said ZERA's acting chief executive officer.

C40 Cities South Africa Buildings Programme, launched this week in Tshwane, aspires to make zero carbon buildings standard practice across South African cities. Mayors of four major cities, Tshwane, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban joined...