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Linking multimodal passenger hubs to high-speed rail

European cities face urgent challenges concerning decarbonisation, congestion, road safety and management of growing passenger and tourist traffic. Stakeholders must now rethink how people...

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International carbon credits in the EU : ensuring flexibility without undermining credibility
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The single European sky SES2+ – quo vadis?
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Africa – the next clean energy powerhouse?

Mar 30, 2016
Energy Law and Policy

Africa CEO Forum asks: Can Africa be the next clean energy powerhouse? 

The conclusion reached by the panellists was that the answer was yes, if the right policies and the requisite political will are in place. As Siyanga Malumo, CEO of the Copperbelt Energy Corporation, said, “The money is there: so we need the policy, the enabling environment, and the right tariff structure.”

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