By Dalindyebo Shabalala*
Developing countries will need ‘clean technologies’, such as micro-wind energy, if they are to play an active role in combating climate change over the coming decades.
The question is how to access these? The answer lies in genuine cooperative technology transfer between the developed and developing world.
Compulsory licensing, where governments allow manufacturers [...]

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Green information technology (IT) and critical issues around the global economic downturn are the major features in an IT governance event coming up in South Africa next month.
The meeting will bring together IT experts and business leaders from around Africa and will provide a path towards adaptation measures by businesses in Africa.

International IT governance experts [...]

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The global telecoms technology and and services provider, Ericsson, has announced it will target poor communities in Africa and the rest of the world with earth-friendly infrastructure as part of efforts toward contributing to the creation of a low-carbon global economy.
In its annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report for 2008, released today, the company highlights [...]

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By Paul Smith*
In today’s rapidly changing sustainable business landscape, it’s becoming increasingly important to be aware of what’s happening, emerging, and yet to be created where you could fill a need.
How best to do that?
Newspapers and magazines play a part, but with their shrinking staffs, it’s a smaller role by the day.

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Biofuels could be used to fly commercial airlines within the next decade as a viable alternative to kerosene, although costs and concerns over environmental impact remain big barriers.
Airlines including Virgin Atlantic, Continental, Air New Zealand and Japan Airlines have already flown on routes with one engine part-powered by a range of biofuels including algae and [...]

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