
El Niño and Southern Africa: Positioning for 2027
Forecasts point to a possible El Niño forming in late 2026 and biting through 2027. For southern African agriculture, water and power, the time to prepare is now — not when the rains fail.
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Forecasts point to a possible El Niño forming in late 2026 and biting through 2027. For southern African agriculture, water and power, the time to prepare is now — not when the rains fail.

The voluntary carbon market is stuck. A larger, compliance-linked market — driven by CBAM, Article 6 and aviation mandates — is where the capital will flow.

The new documentary narrated by Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson makes the case for regenerative agriculture as a viable climate and food strategy.

Distributed generation is no longer a fringe idea. It is the operating model of every serious utility from Texas to the Cape Flats.

On the asymmetry between the timeline of a real asset and the timeline of the people who fund it.

Direct lithium extraction is changing the cost curve. It is also changing the politics of water in three deserts at once.

Onshore wind has graduated. The interesting question is what the second-generation repower looks like.
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