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Engie and Eib Partner on Off-Grid Solar Scheme in Uganda
Millions of people in rural Uganda are set to access reliable and cheap electricity for the first time under a new off-grid solar scheme.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing, off-grid energy, SDGs, solar
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Analysis: Plastics, the Circular Economy and Global Trade
Many governments are seeking ways to decrease single-use plastics and firms are working towards developing more closed-loop plastics to build sustainable value chains. There remains, however, a pressing need to ramp up the “3Rs” – reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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- Environment
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- circular economy, ESG, recycling
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Analysis: The Rise of Water Investing
Clean water and sanitation for all is the subject of the United Nations’ sixth sustainable development goal, and an increasingly relevant topic to both emerging markets and the developed world. The need for water infrastructure is great in the developing world, and in the developed world, ensuring access to clean water is an ever-present issue, as recent crises have illustrated. This brings opportunities for investors.
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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Gates Foundation’s ‘Failing’ Green Revolution in Africa: New Report
New research from the Tufts Global Development and Environment Institute levels harsh critiques at the billion dollar Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Solving the Problem of Renewable Energy Waste: A Circular Economy Approach to Sustainable Batteries
Despite its many benefits, the clean energy revolution has one notable downside: The battery-based storage systems that underpin localised renewable energy have a limited lifespan, contributing to a large and growing e-waste problem. In response, Aceleron set out to develop a more sustainable battery technology. The company's CEO, Amrit Chandan, discusses its impact.
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- Energy, Environment
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Impact Investing App GoParity Launches First Green Energy Project in Africa
GoParity, an impact investment platform based in Portugal and with more than 2.1 million euros of investment raised for environmentally and socially responsible projects is now launching its first project in Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Viewpoint: First Summit of Global Development Banks Must Deliver on Ending Fossil Fuel Finance
Governments worldwide plan to produce 120% more oil, gas and coal by 2030 than is compatible with 1.5C warming limit - supported by huge volumes of public money
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- Energy, Environment
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Africa Needs to Regain Momentum on Electrification Effort, Says IEA
COVID-19 pandemic knocked the continent off its course of extending access to reliable energy to over half of the world's population that still lack access to electricity.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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