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Reflections on climate resilient tourism : evidence for the EU ETS-2 and voluntary carbon markets

The chapter discusses transition risk for tourism, addressing its relation with the Environmental Kuznets Curve and overtourism. Transition risk emerges when an economic model...

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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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