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Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facilityNyasha Nyaungwa

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

By Bunny Bala 3 Feb 2023

SRK completes UNCCD Global Land Outlook report for SADC

SRK completes UNCCD Global Land Outlook report for SADC

7 Dec 2022

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Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Robert Ter Morshuizen 5 Dec 2022

Namibia secures €540m in climate finance at COP27

Namibia secures €540m in climate finance at COP27

Nyasha Nyaungwa 9 Nov 2022

#GBCSA2022: Social justice and the built environment's role in confronting the climate crisis

#GBCSA2022: Social justice and the built environment's role in confronting the climate crisis

Sindy Peters 7 Nov 2022

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat, produce healthy food in African cities

Olumuyiwa Adegun 25 Oct 2022

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

4 Oct 2022

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Tom Walker 16 Sep 2022

SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

12 Sep 2022

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Lesley Wentworth and Deon Cloete 31 Aug 2022

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Craig Blankers 14 Jul 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Sindy Peters 25 Mar 2022

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Seyed Ghaffar, Mehdi Chougan, Pawel Sikora 2 Mar 2022

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Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

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An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Technological advances have made many buildings less environmentally friendly. ,

Technology has made buildings less climate-friendly: but we can look back in time for solutions

Bashar Al Shawa 12 Jan 2022

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Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Sindy Peters 3 Dec 2021

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We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

Johannes Novy 11 Nov 2021

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Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Ruth Saint and Francesco Pomponi 28 Oct 2021

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More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

26 Oct 2021

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Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Kristina Foster 20 Aug 2021

Noël N'guessan, winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering's 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

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Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

Sylvia Croese and Ntombini Marrengane 20 Apr 2021

An aerial shot of The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir filling up. Taken in 2020. Photo by Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2020

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021

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How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021

Bendable concrete created at the University of Michigan allows for thinner structures with less need for steel reinforcement.

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

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Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Norman Day 4 Jan 2021

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