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Vincent Obisie-Orlu

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Vincent Obisie-Orlu

Vincent Obisie-Orlu is a researcher in the natural resource governance programme at Good Governance Africa.

A decade later, the implementation of the agreement is struggling to take hold, and disputes over fairness block real progress. Photo: Fatih Aktas/Getty Images

The Paris Agreement is a delusion

A decade later, the implementation of the agreement is struggling to take hold, and disputes over fairness block real progress

More than a pretty face: Gorillas in the Republic of Congo’s Odzala-Kokoua National Park have a value that, if necessary, can be monetised. Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Put Africa’s natural resources in balance sheet

Economic and social costs and values are still excluded from the system of national accounts

Eskom is inadvertently helping drive the global sustainable energy movement by rapidly pricing South Africans out of the grid energy market.  Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images

Bridging gaps in the Integrated Resource Plan

The disconnect between various renewable energy plans and different departments raises concerns for the success of IRP 2023

An event banner outside the Al Wasl dome in the Green Zone ahead of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Photo: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Anticipating COP28 and its implications

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The promise of $300 billion by 2035 is not only insufficient; it’s a betrayal of the principles of climate justice. (Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images)

Boost private investment for renewables

Increasing global and national pressures for decarbonisation put added focus on Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s plans

Power play: Ambition and implementation need to be weighed against each other as South Africa seeks a just energy transition. Picture: Getty Images

Balancing ambition and implementation in SAs energy policy

Policy has laid the groundwork but our future depends on practical challenges being overcome

US Vice President Kamala Harris and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema are seen at the State House in Lusaka on March 31, 2023 after a press conference. Hichilema asked the United States to help expedite debt restructuring negotiations with the country’s creditors. Photo by SALIM DAWOOD / AFP

Rethinking debt relief: Zambia and beyond

We need to change debt relief mechanisms as a growing number of developing countries risk defaulting

Out with the old, in with the new: Komati is being used to demonstrate how old power plants can be repurposed.

The energy budget: Is this the jolt of power we need?

The bailout of Eskom could help solve the energy crisis but there must also be incentives for independent power producers and the municipalities must be roped in

Copper has been identified as the main driver of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in South Africa’s mining sector. Photo: Getty Images

Strategies to future-proof Zambia’s mining industry

A stable and resilient minerals royalty tax is crucial for the country to take advantage of the growing global demand for copper

Old and new: Giant storage tanks at Dangote Industries oil refinery in Nigeria (above) and the Olkaria Geothermal Complex operated by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company in Hell’s Gate National Park in Naivasha, Kenya (below). Photos: Tom Saater/Bloomberg/Getty Images & Patrick Meinhardt/Bloomberg/Getty Images

COP27: Why it is in Africa’s best long-run interests to abandon fossil fuels

But many of the continent’s leaders at COP27 will push for making full use of their oil and gas reserves

Burning issue: Firefighters battle blazes north of Athens in Greece. The property destroyed in wildfires, the insurance claims and loss of lives demonstrate the financial cost of climate change. Photo: Aris Oikonomou/AFP

Making green investing possible

Focusing on environmental, social and governance factors can only have a lasting positive effect if sustainable development goals are brought in

Abuse: Miners move bags of cobalt at Congo Dongfang Mining’s Kasulo mine. Two-thirds of the world supply of cobalt is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where men, women and children work.

African countries must put their houses in order to attract mining investment

The African Mining Indaba will look at ways to boost investor confidence through a stable regulatory environment and mining policies aligned with environmental, social and…

Community empowerment: A performance group connected to the Extinction Rebellion group joins hundreds of other people protesting against Shell’s plan to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa’s Wild coast coast, at Muizenberg Beach, Cape Town. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)

The business case for environment, social and governance criteria

ESG performance presents an opportunity for involving communities in the decision-making process and reducing costs that might emerge down the line from litigation and fines