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Mission 300 Aims to Provide Clean Electricity to 300 Million in Central Africa

24Mar

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Mission 300 Aims to Provide Clean Electricity to 300 Million in Central Africa

Mission 300, a UN-sanctioned bilateral initiative, will expand electricity access to more than 300 million African citizens over the next six years. This plan will combat rising electricity concerns on the continent. In late January, 30 African heads of state gathered in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, to allocate $50 billion from the World Bank and African Development Bank to develop and implement renewable electricity. According to the World Bank, while this is only half of the continent's unelectrified population, it would bring power to five million people monthly. Husk Power Systems, an American company producing solar mini-grids, was unwilling to sell its electricity at the government's desired price and, therefore, pulled out of Tanzania recently after establishing ...

Developing Countries in Global South Bear the Brunt of Climate Change Effects

Heat waves. Flooding. Crop failures. Drought. These are worldwide issues in the Anthropocene, but nowhere are their effects felt more than in developing countries in the Global South. Though these nations are nowhere near topping the list of climate polluters, they feel the effects more acutely. Some countries are warming much faster than others. For example, South Sudan’s temperatures are increasing at two and a half times the global average. Currently, 1% of the world is unlivable due to high temperatures. By 2050, that number is projected to rise to 19%. Most of this area is below the equator, predominantly in northern South America and western Africa. This increase in temperature and natural disasters leads to multitudes of harmful effects that already peripheralized countries...

Misinformation and Performative Activism on Social Media

By Stella Stone Misinformation and performative activism, often intertwined, are potent forces that undermine climate movements across the globe. As you mindlessly click through Instagram stories, you may see a cheery-looking graphic discussing dying polar bears. While your first instinct may be to repost this, first consider– what are the motivations of the creator? Is the information factual? And most of all, how does this even help? While misinformation can have varying definitions, a 2020 study from the University of Exeter states “[a] common theme is that misinformation pertains to information that is false, inaccurate or misleading,” (Treen et al.). Across all categories of social media, a Statistica study found that 67% of Americans have encountered fake news on social media a...