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Money Pouring Into Fossil Fuels Risks Climate Disaster, UN Report Warns
As the world fails to meet targets to curb climate change, over half of the 150 biggest financial institutions have no restrictions on financing oil and gas.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global
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Indonesia Needs $25 Billion for Green Hydrogen
The Indonesian government estimates that Southeast Asia’s largest economy will need investments of up to $25.2 billion to develop green hydrogen from 2031 to 2060.
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- South Asia
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Targeting Off-Grid Solar Businesses’ Acumen to Expand Energy Access
GOGLA is starting a pilot programme called Elevate to support the next generation of locally-owned and managed companies in the off-grid solar sector.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Niger Gears up for Nation’s First-Ever Wind Farm, Eventually One of Africa’s Largest
Savannah Energy PLC and the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies of the Republic of Niger have signed an agreement for the construction and operation.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy
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Analysis: ‘Gargantuan Task’: Why India’s Renewable Push Will Be Hard
Plans to build a sprawling solar park on land cultivated for generations by indigenous farmers in India's Himalayan foothills erupted in violent clashes with police last year after their crops were bulldozed for the development.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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How The Indian Government Is Encouraging Green Energy Use At Airports
The Indian government on Monday said it is actively promoting the use of green energy at domestic and international airports in the country to make them more sustainable.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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A Gender-Smart Renewable Energy Transition: Why Climate Change Solutions Can’t Overlook Inequality
The Sustainable Development Goals recognize gender equality (SDG 5) and affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) as imminent priorities. Yet Rachel Murphy at Deetken Impact argues that women have been left out of the clean energy conversation – and that the world is running out of time to meaningfully change course. She explains why no single SDG can be achieved without the integration of both a gender and climate perspective, and explores how can the energy industry can move toward greater inclusion and empowerment of women.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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How COVID-19 Is Reversing Energy Access in the Global South
Since the start of the pandemic, 100 million people have lost access to electricity. The off-grid renewable energy sector needs urgent support if progress towards the UN’s seventh Sustainable Development Goal, to ensure energy access for all, is to be maintained.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- Global