Financing renewable energy in Africa–Key challenge of the sustainable development goals

G Schwerhoff, M Sy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Given the challenge of offering a development perspective to a rapidly growing population, it
might be tempting for Africa to pursue a strategy of fueling growth with the cheapest source …

[HTML][HTML] Renewable hydrogen economy outlook in Africa

MD Mukelabai, UKG Wijayantha… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogen presents an opportunity for Africa to not only decarbonise its own energy use and
enable clean energy access for all, but also to export renewable energy. This paper …

The role of exogenous technological factors and renewable energy in carbon dioxide emission reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa

BK Edziah, H Sun, PK Adom, F Wang, AO Agyemang - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
There is global consensus that an increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions,
particularly carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions, is driving climate change. To deal with this …

Trends and drivers of African fossil fuel CO2 emissions 1990–2017

LM Ayompe, SJ Davis, BN Egoh - Environmental Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
International efforts to avoid dangerous climate change aim for global carbon dioxide (CO 2)
emissions to be net-zero by midcentury. Such a goal will require both drastically reducing …

Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis and the role of globalization in selected African countries

M Shahbaz, SA Solarin, I Ozturk - Ecological Indicators, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study incorporates globalization and energy intensity into the CO 2 emissions
function and investigates the presence of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in 19 African …

Negative emissions and international climate goals—learning from and about mitigation scenarios

J Hilaire, JC Minx, MW Callaghan, J Edmonds… - Climatic Change, 2019 - Springer
For aiming to keep global warming well-below 2° C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5° C, as
set out in the Paris Agreement, a full-fledged assessment of negative emission technologies …

Global energy consumption in a warming climate

E De Cian, I Sue Wing - Environmental and resource economics, 2019 - Springer
We combine econometric analysis of the response of energy demand to temperature and
humidity exposure with future scenarios of climate change and socioeconomic development …

Policy trade-offs between climate mitigation and clean cook-stove access in South Asia

C Cameron, S Pachauri, ND Rao, D McCollum… - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Household air pollution from traditional cook stoves presents a greater health hazard than
any other environmental factor. Despite government efforts to support clean-burning cooking …

Coal and carbonization in sub-Saharan Africa

JC Steckel, J Hilaire, M Jakob, O Edenhofer - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
Economic development in sub-Saharan Africa has increased carbon emissions and will
continue to do so. However, changes in emissions in the past few decades and their …

Satellite observations reveal inequalities in the progress and effectiveness of recent electrification in sub-Saharan Africa

G Falchetta, S Pachauri, E Byers, O Danylo… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Ending energy poverty is a necessary condition for achieving the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). Boosting electricity access levels is, however, insufficient if consumption and …