By Wayne Visser*
Last week, I was hosted by Ufadhili Trust to deliver a 2 day workshop on CSR in Nairobi, Kenya. As I was last in Kenya 20 years ago when I attended an AIESEC African Leadership Development Seminar, it was wonderful to return and compare my impressions.
The biggest changes have [...]

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By Linda Nordling*
Africa is failing to benefit from global initiatives to help developing countries deal with climate change.
The continent houses just 32 of the nearly 1,800 projects funded by the Clean Development Mechanism, a programme under the Kyoto Protocol whereby rich countries pay developing ones to run emission-reducing projects.
This could change with discussions on new [...]

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Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) will keynote at the inaugural Green Business Africa Summit & Expo 2010 (GBASE02010), an event that will bring to the mainstream issues around sustainability in the business environment as well as green corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Africa.
“Dr Pachauri [...]

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By Sonia Medina*
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has already failed Africa, some observers believe, so why bother post-2012 when the existing CDM framework established under the Kyoto Protocol expires?
But as the international community prepares to negotiate a new climate pact, we should care about extending the CDM, and care a great deal.
After all, the CDM [...]

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By Martin Khor*
Can and should developed countries impose extra charges on the imports of developing countries based on the level of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that are linked to producing the imports?
This has become a burning issue, especially since the US House of Representatives passed an energy Bill (that deals mainly with climate [...]

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