Africa: Continent Underachieving in Development of 'Green' Energy Economy - UN Report

3 March 2010

Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and 'green' energy remaining largely under-exploited, warned a new report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

A UNEP assessment noted that the entire continent has just over 120 carbon market projects up and running or in the pipeline in areas ranging from wind power to forestry schemes, and harvesting methane gas from landfills to fuel electricity generation makes up 20 per cent of all such initiatives.

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