On a mountaintop a few miles north of the bustling streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, a curving, modern complex is beginning to take shape. This building,…
Hanoi Flood Map in 4 and 2 C warming scenarios. Hanoi will soon be largely underwater if urgent action is not taken now. Flooded beyond…
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced at the recent Belt and Road Forum in Beijing that the continent spanning initiative must be “open, green and clean”.…
The rise of new sectors and industries is not always obvious or predictable, although hindsight often makes it seem that way. The onset of climate…
Right now the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) risks becoming an environmental disaster for it’s host countries, the uncontrolled development of coal plants, roads and…
Soaring temperatures and heatwaves in India this summer caused the death of thousands of vulnerable people across the sub-continent. New temperature records are broken every…
Last week I had the pleasure of reading a major new report from the World Resource Institute: “Will China Seize the Biggest Green Opportunity of…
Ethiopia is having a moment in the sun. The country is enjoying a sweet spot of economic growth, foreign donor approval and the emergence of…
Friend, trader, banker; China’s fast growing ties with Kenya Despite recent political turmoil Kenya’s economy has been powering ahead in recent years. Although it dropped…
Two years ago Spanish police raided the Madrid branch of China’s biggest Bank ICBC on allegations of a major money laundering operation taking place there.…