{
  "id": 28521,
  "title": "Climate shocks hit hydropower in Southern Africa, reviving interest in coal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/climate-shocks-hit-hydropower-in-southern-africa-reviving-interest-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-31T14:19:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/climate-shocks-hit-hydropower-in-southern-africa-reviving-interest-in-coal/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "LUSAKA —For years, Zambia and Zimbabwe have boasted of enviable success in harnessing hydropower. More than 80% of Zambia’s power supply and about half of neighboring Zimbabwe’s supply came from hydropower sources in 2024. But climate change has continued to expose the fragility of this dependence. Successive droughts, linked to the 2023-24 El Niño, caused […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}