Christiane Zarfl

Oct 7, 2024 | nature.com | Bernhard Lehner |Mark Mulligan |Christiane Zarfl |Arnout van Soesbergen |Michele L. Thieme |Mira Anand | +13 more

AbstractThere are millions of river barriers worldwide, ranging from wooden locks to concrete dams, many of which form associated impoundments to store water in small ponds or large reservoirs. Besides their benefits, there is growing recognition of important environmental and social trade-offs related to these artificial structures.

Mar 19, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Christiane Zarfl |Rebecca Peters

19 March 2024 - 22:03 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Renewable electricity in Africa needs to be shared across borders, this research found. More than half of Africa’s people — about 600-million — lack access to even the bare minimum of electricity. The tough question to answer is how access can be extended without adding to global warming by relying on fossil fuels.

Mar 18, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Christiane Zarfl |Rebecca Peters

Over half of Africa’s people — about 600 million — lack access to even the bare minimum of electricity. The tough question to answer is how access can be extended without adding to global warming by relying on fossil fuels. We — a team from Rwanda and Germany who work in the field of renewable energy scientific modelling — set out to find the answer by building the Renewable Power Plant Database Africa, the first on the continent.