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Can these ‘stovers’ finally crack the clean cooking problem?
When used with its wood fuel pellets, Inyenyeri cookstoves reduce emissions by 98 to 99 percent compared to wood or charcoal stoves, the company says, making their stoves Tier 4, the highest performing tier for indoor emissions as defined by the World Health Organization. Inyenyeri follows the “razorblade model,” a business model in which one item is sold at a low price, or even at a loss, because the profits come from the complementary products.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Recovery Lending Program Prevents Thousands of African Families from Falling into Extreme Poverty after Climate Shocks
A report released by DFID, World Vision UK and VisionFund International has revealed that an innovative market-based approach was central in building resilience to the El Nino climate shock that impacted East Africa throughout 2016 and early 2017. These findings are critical as climate change continues to impact the world’s most vulnerable communities.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Companies Are Leading the Way in Setting Climate Change Policies Despite Trump
U.S. companies are still among the most ambitious in setting targets to combat global warming despite President Donald Trump’s plans to quit the 195-nation Paris climate agreement, a 2017 survey showed on Tuesday.
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- Environment
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- North America
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Press release: Apparel Impact Institute Launches to Accelerate Environmental Impacts in Apparel and Footwear Industry
Despite widespread awareness of the environmental hazards within the apparel and footwear industry, few of the pilot projects designed to reduce impacts are operating at the scale needed to meet the critical environmental and social outcomes brands and consumers are seeking. The AII will identify promising projects that are working in limited geography, for example, or are targeting a narrow problem yet show potential for broader application. By applying the appropriate resources, the AII will help bring them to scale more quickly.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- research
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One in Six Global Deaths Linked to Pollution
“Pollution is much more than an environmental challenge—it is a profound and pervasive threat that affects many aspects of human health and wellbeing,” Philip Landrigan, a global health researcher with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, says in a statement. The new report emerged from a commission Landrigan co-led for the medical journal The Lancet.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- public health
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9 Million Global Deaths Annually Attributed to Pollution
While no country was unaffected by the health impact of pollution, 92% of pollution-related deaths were found to have occurred in low- and middle-income countries and newly industrialized countries such as Pakistan, China, India, Bangladesh, Madagascar, and Kenya.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Rwanda social enterprise wages war on dirty floors with an alternative to cement
The floors are credited for making homes or communities healthier through eliminating health problems caused by dirt floors, such as childhood asthma, diarrhea, malnutrition, and parasitic infestations.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN Environment launches $1 billion fund for sustainable farming
According to UN Environment, halting climate change along with an increasing agricultural footprint while ensuring growth in agricultural production to feed an estimated 9 billion people by 2050 will be among the biggest challenges of the 21st century.
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- Agriculture, Environment