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Another under-the-radar story. The chart below from May shows African solar cell imports since 2023.
A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story:It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically.9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵
Imports of solar panels to Africa rose by 60% over 12 months to June 2024If installed, Sierra Leone imported enough solar to generate 60% of 2023 supplyPV imports to Algeria up 33x; to Zambia, Botswana & Sudan over 6-fold; tripled to DRC, Angola, Ethiopiawww.theenergymix.com/africa-could…
The 2026 climate event guide
Our ongoing list of this year’s global environmental conferences, summits and more
Far too many to list here, but these are of critical importance.
COP31 will build on the deal agreed at COP30 in 2025, which included a tripling of adaptation finance and a just transition mechanism, as well as “roadmaps” to transition away from fossil fuels and to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030.
When: 9–20 November 2026
Where: Antalya, Turkey
The largest climate event of 2026 will be hosted by Turkey in the resort city of Antalya, with Australia leading the negotiations as part of an agreement between the two countries. There will also be a ‘pre-COP’ held in a Pacific island country, though the dates and host country have yet to be confirmed.
When: 17–28 August 2026
Where: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The UNCCD COP17 will bring together the 197 Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to accelerate action against desertification, land degradation and drought.
As one of the most affected countries by desertification, with nearly 77 percent of its land degraded, Mongolia will leverage COP17 to drive solutions for land restoration, sustainable land management and resilience-building across the world.
Stay tuned for our coverage of UNCCD COP17 here on ThinkLandscape.
When: 9–10 September 2026
Where: Rome, Italy
The European Center of Sustainable Development (ECSDEV), in collaboration with CIT University, is organizing ICSD 2026 under the theme “Creating a Unified Foundation for Sustainable Development: Research, Practice and Education”
The conference will address environmental, economic and socio-cultural sustainability, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and research-based solutions to global challenges and the efficient use of resources
insideevs.com/news/800682/…
insideevs.com/news/800927/…The idea behind Voltpost’s chargers is simple: they make use of an electrical infrastructure that’s already there, which lowers installation costs. What’s more,lighting poles are usually next to the road or in parking lots, so they make the perfect support for charger
🎶Oh, no, it’s up to my toe.
Oh, gee, it’s up to my knee.
Oh, pest…🎶
If you’re paying attention you’ll see the Chinese EV makers are, like a python, slowly surrounding and crushing the U.S. auto industry. The government and car manufacturers are in denial but it is slowly happening.insideevs.com/news/800900/…
insideevs.com/features/800…
It also has a low-temperature sodium-ion version that barely loses range even in -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
insideevs.com/news/800823/…
Iranian Kamikaze Drone Destroys Erbil Oil RefineryAn Iranian kamikaze drone struck and destroyed sections of an oil refinery in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, targeting critical e…https://theboard.world/articles/energy/iranian-kamikaze-drone-erbil-oil-refinery-kurdistan#energy #oil #OPEC #macro #Iran
Conspiracy Theories mushroom:
WSJ: Iran Allegedly Hatched New Plot to Kill Trump, Israel Warned US
It’s a very good time to buy an EV. Oil and gasoline prices have been bouncing around, but are about to shoot up again.
" … [Trump's] attacks on Iran instantly backfired as the Strategic Oil Reserves are about to be fully depleted."The MeidasTouch Podcast: Trump Shuts Down White House as War Escalation BackfiresEpisode webpage: http://www.meidastouch.com/podcastMedia file: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect…
Oil: Jumps more than 4% after new attacks from both sides in the Middle EastBrent and US WTI extend gains, up more than 4% after Trump says 'truce with Iran is over' The rise in oil prices accelerated after US President Donald Trump said the de-escalation deal with Iran was "over" following US…
Something is wrong here. I can’t tell you what it is.
Iran vs US: Global crude oil prices dropGlobal crude oil prices dropped despite the airstrikes’ resurgence between the United States and Iran. Checks by DAILY POST showed that Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude declined by 2 percent to $76 and $71 per barrel, respectively, at the time of…
Researchers declare 'catastrophic mortality event' as 145 gray whales found dead on West Coast.Experts say at this pace, 2026 could wind up being one of the deadliest years on record for these marine mammals. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarmingwww.king5.com/article/life…
Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.netBreaking News!Code: y-axis alert!As of July 5th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has now crossed 1.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean.'The Nino 3.4 SST is now 3.46 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 […] [Original post on mstdn.social]
Typhoon Bavi. Guam was hit n Taiwan could be next. #globalwarming
At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country.More than 20 states reported temperatures above 100F as heat dome sits over eastern US during holiday weekend. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarmingwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
‘Climate Change Is Here’: Wildfires Ignite Across Europe Following Deadly Heatwave.Blazes mobilized hundreds of firefighters over the weekend and scorched a total of 42,000 acres in Spain, France, and Portugal alone. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarmingwww.commondreams.org/news/wildfir…
Bali Is Still Choking on Plastic.In one of the planet’s most exotic locales, landfill restrictions have led to rampant illegal dumping, open trash burning and a “gigantic haze” over the island. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarminginsideclimatenews.org/news/0707202…
Temperatures above 30°C decrease leaf growth in #strawberry and contribute to lower yields under global warming.To rediscover one of our most read articles in JHSB 99:5, visit: doi.org/10.1080/1462…#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Temperature #Fruit #Fragaria
Officials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarmingwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Line out the door to trash data centers in nashville tonight…
BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company.It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers.While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news… Excellent!
This is the University of Illinois Geological Survey Laboratory site, at 1116 Oak Street, Champaign IL. Construction is suppose to start in 2027.
UI to receive first-of-its-kind nuclear reactorThe University, in collaboration with NANO Nuclear Energy and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, finalized an early review stage in the development of an advanced microreactor technology on June 23. Environmental impact assessments and…
The Daily Illini: UI to receive first-of-its-kind nuclear reactor
The University, in collaboration with NANO Nuclear Energy and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, finalized an early review stage in the development of an advanced microreactor technology on June 23. Environmental impact assessments and safety reviews will continue into late 2027, with campus construction expected to also begin late next year.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, nuclear microreactors are manufactured entirely off-site and later shipped to the location where they will operate. The size factor allows the microreactor to be highly portable, which has lent NANO Nuclear license to deploy the self-adjusting reactors to West Africa and conceptualize space-fairing applications.
NNE has Memoranda of Understanding with Canada, Togo, and Rwanda for claimed future SMRs, but there are no projects being built.
#ClimateDisasterIsReal #ClimateSOS #SaveOurPlanet #GlobalWarming #Polllution #ToxicPollution nuclear power & fossil fuels are destroying our planet time to consign these toxic, killer energies to history!
Strategic Shift: India and Australia Operationalise Civil Nuclear Pact, Ink 18 Key AgreementsCANBERRA: In a major geopolitical development, India and Australia have officially agreed to operationalise their long-pending civil nuclear cooperation agreement, effectively paving the way for…
Correct your priors: Private money is going after clean energy, governments are using public money to prop up fossil fuels"About 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that climbed to 68% and spiked at 78% in 2022." http://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti…
Indeed, Fossil Fuel industry isn't profitable, it's immensely expensive to keep killing the planet, it's the $16B in subsidies a day it makes $3B in profit off of, and then funnels that back into political lobbying, that makes it profitable.Love my solar powered EV.
Even With Tariffs and Tax Changes, Solar Power Is Soaring.Utility-scale solar is booming in the United States as electricity demand rises and projects remain relatively easy to develop. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarminginsideclimatenews.org/news/0907202…
Getting rid of the scientists does absolutely NOTHING to fight #GlobalWarming which is getting hotter every single day.Idiots!
The plan to make climate science harder to erase.As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarminggrist.org/solutions/sc…
In East Africa, controversial oil project nears production e360.yale.edu/features/eac… – #OilandGas #pollution #GlobalWarming
BYD's PHEV Shark pickup could do well in America. We still can't have it.
“Plan To Build Data Centers On *70* California Fairgrounds Triggers Backlash” 7/5/26 Seventy??
Plan To Build Data Centers On 70 CA Fairgrounds Triggers Backlash
A private proposal to turn fairgrounds up and down California into hubs for data centers, vertiports, emergency response, and multistory parking garages hit strong headwinds in a Northern California town whose entire population is smaller than the number of seats in U.C. Berkeley’s Hearst Greek Theatre.
Calistoga, a wine county town in Napa Valley whose population is 5,200, became one of the first testing grounds for Global Stack LLC.
The Santa Ana corporation wants to turn California fairgrounds into privately financed “revenue and resilience” hubs by adding data centers, parking garages, vertiports, and infrastructure on fairgrounds land across the state.
Nearly 100 people packed the meeting, where Global Stack president Nicholas Kovacevich presented renderings that mixed flying cars, evacuation zones, hot-air balloons, turbines, and a small-scale data center.
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