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New App Helps Farmers in Kenya Find Climate-Smart Seeds
A new app launched in Kenya June 10 could help millions of farmers adapt to climate change by offering information on the best seeds for changing growing conditions, agriculture experts said.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Towards Low Carbon Growth at the Bottom of the Pyramid
The bottom of the pyramid, which constitutes more than 42 per cent of the global population, is the most vulnerable to climate change risks. The recent disasters that shook Nepal, Bihar and washed away parts of Uttarakhand left us staring at this fact. In these events, the mass majority who were affected were from the poorer socio-economic group. An increasing frequency of epidemics and diseases in this group only make matters worse.
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- Environment
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Merck Manuals Health Guides Go Digital, and Free, in Global Push
Merck Manuals, the widely used health guides provided by drugmaker Merck & Co, are moving to a digital-only format in 10 different languages as part of an effort to educate the global community on medical issues.
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- Environment, Health Care
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White House rallies investors to commit $4 billion to clean energy
The White House has pushed foundations, institutional investors and philanthropies to commit more than $4 billion to clean energy projects and help fight climate change, doubling a goal set in February, officials said.
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- Energy, Environment
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- impact investing
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Sustainable innovation, minus the sticker shock?
What do solar-powered hearing aids, a subscription service for baby clothes and mobile technology for farmers in East Africa all have in common? For one, they are each finalists in this year’s Sustainia100, an annual study of the top 100 sustainability innovations, published Thursday.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Rich nations study details of massive insurance program to ease Third World climate change damages
Countries already bearing the brunt of extreme weather events are cautiously optimistic about a new insurance scheme designed by the world's wealthiest nations to protect about 400 million people in the world's most vulnerable communities.
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- Environment
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- climate change, insurance
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Ericsson partners with Verifone on mobile money in emerging markets
Kit giant Ericsson has announced a partnership with Verifone Mobile Money to offer its customers a broader range of mobile payment tools for emerging markets.
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- Environment, Technology
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Sustainable Innovation, Minus the Sticker Shock?
What do solar-powered hearing aids, a subscription service for baby clothes and mobile technology for farmers in East Africa all have in common?
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- solar
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