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By Carlos Lopes
This article was originally published in Newsweek.
With help, Africa can revitalise its economy under a new and resilient green framework, writes Carlos Lopes.
African governments should strengthen strategies and policies aimed at encouraging the transition to a new climate economy and increasing investment in clean energy. By phasing out fossil fuels, Africa can lead by example in the global effort to combat climate change, writes Carlos Lopes.
2020 provides a unique opportunity for African leaders to simultaneously address the risks of political instability, pressing development needs, and the impacts of climate change. This process clearly can – and must – target social and economic benefits to enhance equity and improve the livelihoods of the poor, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Africa’s transition to a new climate economy is underway in many places. The question is: Will developed countries create a tail-wind or a head-wind?, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
How can Africa realize economic prosperity without contributing further to climate change? The solution lies in a kind of Green New Deal – a comprehensive strategy for achieving sustainable growth, including through coordinated, large-scale investment in renewable-energy deployment, writes Carlos Lopes.
Three policy priorities can help the region lead the transition to a clean economy, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Green industrialisation is a major opportunity for African countries to ‘leapfrog’ the fossil-fuel based growth strategies of developed countries, instead charting sustainable growth paths to a healthier, more prosperous future, writes Carlos Lopes.
By 2020, Africa will spend $7-15 billion annually to adapt to climate change, and the price tag could hit $50 billion by 2050. Fortunately, proactive policies and investments in sustainable development could unleash a wave of economic opportunity, which in turn could make adaptation more manageable, writes Carlos Lopes.
Increasing ties between Africa and China could have a vast positive impact for the world’s economy and climate, writes Global Commissioner Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
African cities are too often developing in ways that perpetuate poverty and marginalisation, writes Sarah Colenbrander.
Global Commissioner Carlos Lopes explains how Africa can avoid the polluting stage of industrialisation, and go straight to low carbon prosperity
Fostering entrepreneurship, including green entrepreneurship, is a key policy aim for African countries, says Milan Brahmbhatt.
Policies that encourage sustainable growth and entrepreneurship have the potential to ignite a green industrial revolution in Africa.
In Africa, the new climate economy of the future will bring benefits ranging from jobs in clean energy to improved air quality and more productive land, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in the Financial Times.
To avoid the harmful spillover effects of high-carbon economic growth, Africa will have to undergo a "climate smart" energy revolution, write Carlos Lopes, Aliko Dangote, and Tony Elumelu.
Land restoration is not a choice; it is a necessity, writes Sofia Farqui in Project Syndicate.
Washington, D.C., November 4, 2016: Economic transformation can revive Africa’s growth rates while promoting development and climate goals, according to a new report from the New C
Africa has the chance to become a world leader in low-carbon urban development, writes Yvo de Boer and Dr. Carlos Lopes in This is Africa.
Victoria Falls, October 28, 2015: New research from the New Climate Economy outlines opportunities to transform and expand the supply of energy in Africa, spurring development and