insert_link Namibia Walvis Bay joins youth climate action fund Walvis Bay will join 38 other local authorities in partnering with the US-based Johns Hopkins University's new Youth Climate Action Fund. The city will receive close to N$1 million to support youth-led climate action initiatives. Mayor Trevino Forbes says the funding will advance community goals, such as meeting de-carbonisation commitments and reducing consumption-based emissions. todayMay 13, 2024 50
insert_link Africa Cement is a big carbon emitter and quality is costly: a civil engineer explains By Elsabe Kearsley, University of Pretoria Every year the world uses 4 billion tonnes of cement to make the concrete that goes into buildings and other infrastructure. It leaves a huge carbon footprint, and comes with other costs too. Civil engineering professor Elsabe Kearsley, who researches cement and concrete, tells us more about this basic ingredient of modern life and explains some of the work that’s being […] todayMay 10, 2024 4
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
