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Ethiopia claims disputed GERD dam has reached final fillDawit Endeshaw and Moaz Abd-Alaziz

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

By Bunny Bala 3 Feb 2023

Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

By Robert Ter Morshuizen 5 Dec 2022

Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Sindy Peters 3 Dec 2021

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

Johannes Novy 11 Nov 2021

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Ruth Saint and Francesco Pomponi 28 Oct 2021

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

26 Oct 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Kristina Foster 20 Aug 2021

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Simon Thomas 18 Aug 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya

Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya

Simon Thomas 27 May 2021

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

Sylvia Croese and Ntombini Marrengane 20 Apr 2021

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

16 Feb 2021

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

18 Jan 2021

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Norman Day 4 Jan 2021

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Simon Thomas 31 Dec 2020

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

3 Dec 2020

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

2 Dec 2020

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

Roberto Minunno, Greg Morrison, Richard L. Gruner, Timothy Michael O'Grady 12 Nov 2020

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Emad Hasan and Aondover Tarhule 9 Nov 2020

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

30 Oct 2020

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

26 Oct 2020

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

30 Sep 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Brant Walkley 31 Aug 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jun 2020

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

Biruk Terrefe 24 Jun 2020

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Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Sindy Peters 3 Dec 2021

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

Johannes Novy 11 Nov 2021

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Ruth Saint and Francesco Pomponi 28 Oct 2021

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

26 Oct 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Kristina Foster 20 Aug 2021

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Simon Thomas 18 Aug 2021

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Côte d'Ivoire's Noël N'guessan wins 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

9 Jul 2021

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya

Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya

Simon Thomas 27 May 2021

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

Sylvia Croese and Ntombini Marrengane 20 Apr 2021

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

16 Feb 2021

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

18 Jan 2021

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests

Norman Day 4 Jan 2021

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya

Simon Thomas 31 Dec 2020

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

3 Dec 2020

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

2 Dec 2020

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

Roberto Minunno, Greg Morrison, Richard L. Gruner, Timothy Michael O'Grady 12 Nov 2020

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin

Emad Hasan and Aondover Tarhule 9 Nov 2020

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

30 Oct 2020

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

26 Oct 2020

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

30 Sep 2020

Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images

Can Covid-19 inspire a new way of planning African cities?

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 21 Sep 2020

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Brant Walkley 31 Aug 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jun 2020

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

Biruk Terrefe 24 Jun 2020

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

Colin McFarlane 8 Jun 2020

SDG7 under the spotlight at Africa Energy Forum 2020

SDG7 under the spotlight at Africa Energy Forum 2020

18 Feb 2020

Landmark investment secured for 60MW Djibouti Wind Farm Project

Landmark investment secured for 60MW Djibouti Wind Farm Project

14 Feb 2020

2020 competition to design emergency operations centre in Africa launched

2020 competition to design emergency operations centre in Africa launched

27 Jan 2020

Abu Dhabi to host 10th World Urban Forum

Abu Dhabi to host 10th World Urban Forum

24 Jan 2020

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 15 Jan 2020

Final call to enter $2m LafargeHolcim Awards

Final call to enter $2m LafargeHolcim Awards

14 Jan 2020

African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF) members sign Cape Town Declaration for governments to address housing finance shortage.

5-point plan set for governments to address African housing finance shortage

15 Nov 2019

Building new cities to meet Africa's rapid urbanisation is a risky bet

Building new cities to meet Africa's rapid urbanisation is a risky bet

Astrid R.N. Haas 4 Nov 2019

How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development

How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development

Seth Schindler and Juan Miguel Kanai 1 Nov 2019