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Special Report: Dead People Don’t Pay Tax, The Downside Of Bad Governance
Bad governance is likened to the unfavourable relationship between those who govern and those who are governed which eventually results in negative consequences. The failure in governance in Nigeria, one of the world’s most corrupt countries, is accompanied by a score of other specific threats to human security, including the pressures of globalization, poverty, unemployment,…
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Ivory Coast Achieves 94% Energy Coverage Of Its National Territory
Côte d’Ivoire currently has one of the best renewable energy production capacities in Africa according to recent reports. In order to achieve this stature, the West African country chose to privatise the renewable energy sector in 1993. More than 25 years later, Côte d’Ivoire has achieved 94% coverage of its national territory and aims to cover…
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Shell Set To Invest In Renewable Energy
Oil giant Shell has said it wants to invest more in renewable energy in an attempt to reduce the net amount of carbon dioxide that ends up in the atmosphere and ultimately coping with the drop in oil prices. Last week, Shell reported a net loss of $21.7bn (£16bn) last year after a drop in demand…
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A Look At Investment Growth In Renewable Energy
According to new data by Bloomberg, approximately $304 billion invested into renewable energy globally and $139 billion invested in electric transportation in 2020. Statista says that a growing number of experts and predictive models forecasts that the next decade would be dominated by renewable energy and electric vehicles. Due to the urgency to combat climate change,…