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Yolandi Groenewald

Mail & Guardian newspaper. Based in the South Africa. Reporting on climate change issues. Passion for the environment.

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Will South Africa lead the solar energy revolution?

By: Yolandi Groenewald on March 12th, 2008

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South Africa, Brazil and other emerging economies are likely to face emissions caps come 2012. Can South Africa’s solar energy ventures compete with its vast supply of cheap coal?

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Rich Spend More on Suntan Lotion

By: Yolandi Groenewald on December 11th, 2007

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International funding efforts to help poor nations cope with climate change have been woeful, it emerged at this year’s big climate change conference in Bali. In a damning report released recently, development agency Oxfam said that rich nations had donated only R469-million ($67-million) to a fund dedicated to adaptation.

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Out to Save the World

By: Yolandi Groenewald on December 3rd, 2007

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Next week the cream of the world’s best negotiators will converge on the tropical paradise of Bali to discuss how to save the world. They are not likely to be dressed in superman capes, but may be wearing Armani suits in the tropical heat and their weapons of choice will be briefcases packed with their countries’ position papers.

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