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Paying People to Replant Tropical Forests − and Letting Them Harvest the Timber − Can Pay Off for Climate, Justice and Environment
For reforestation projects to make a dent in climate change they have to work with and for the people who live there.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Announcing the Three Winners of our Annual Contest
As 2024 gets underway, we'd like to announce the results of NextBillion’s annual “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest. This year's contest featured a strong slate of articles, covering a diverse array of topics ranging from systems change to decarbonization, in sectors that included energy, agriculture, finance and more. We've highlighted the three winners, as selected by our readers, in this article.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Is A Healthy Diet A Luxury In India?: On The Recent UN Report On Nutrition
The government claims that just 813 million people in India need food aid, while the UN report indicates that over a billion people could not afford a decent diet in the year 2021.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- food security, nutrition
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Cast Your Vote in our Annual Contest by Jan. 7!
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for NextBillion’s annual tradition: our “Most Influential Articles of the Year” contest. As we've done since 2012, we've selected 12 of our most-read articles from the past year, inviting readers to vote for the ones that influenced their thinking the most. You can vote multiple times — up to once per hour — during the voting period, which will run from Dec. 22 to 11:59 pm on Jan. 7. Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year!
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Pakistan Uses Artificial Rain for the First Time to Fight Pollution
Cloud seeding was used to counter the hazardous smog in the megacity of Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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- climate change
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Is Latin America and the Caribbean Really Just 1% Circular?: A New Report Highlights the Hidden Role of Informal Workers in the Circular Economy
Latin America and the Caribbean is 1% circular — far below the global average of 7.2% — according to a recent Circle Economy Foundation report. That means just 1% of all the materials flowing through the region’s economy get a second life through repair, recycling or other means. But Ana Birliga Sutherland and Esther Goodwin Brown at Circle Economy Foundation explain that this number doesn't reflect the contributions of informal workers. They discuss the key role these workers play in the circular economy, and the need for more data and other efforts to support them.
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- Environment, WASH
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Press Release: IFC Supports New Fund to Address Infrastructure Gaps, Cut Carbon Emissions Across Asia and Africa
$1 billion EMIF II Fund will support critical transport infrastructure and renewable energy projects in select high growth markets in South and Southeast Asia and Africa.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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AfDB, IEA, and CCA Join Forces to Help African Governments Deliver Clean Cooking for All
The African Development Bank (AfDB), International Energy Agency (IEA), and Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) announced their intention to form an Africa Clean Cooking Consortium (ACCC).
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- clean cooking, climate change, NGOs, partnerships, SDGs
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