Topic: Botswana

Botswana wants $143 million a year to fight climate change

AFP Global Edition | 231 days ago

Botswana needs 143 million dollars a year in aid to fight climate change, mainly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its coal-powered plants, the environment minister said Wednesday. "As a country which depends more on thermal power, we need safer technologies to reduce emissions from coal-fired power stations," Kitso Mokaila ...

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