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A New Approach to Scaling-Up Renewable Power in Emerging Markets
Solar energy has emerged as a key solution to improving access to clean and affordable energy
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- Energy, Environment
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Emergency Funding and COVID-19 Crisis Counseling for Miller Center Entrepreneurs
Back in March and April, the folks at the Pollinate Group were in a state of emergency, like most small businesses around the world. For the past seven years, the Melbourne, Australia-based enterprise had trained and developed women in poor areas in India and Nepal, teaching them the skills needed to sell solar lights, clean cookstoves and other products likely to improve community members’ quality of life.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Entrepreneurship
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Press Release: Efficiency for Access Design Challenge Celebrates University Students Promoting Clean Energy Access in Emerging Economies
Winning teams from Kenya, Uganda and the UK have been announced at the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge Grand Final.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Convergence Awards Allotrope Partners Feasibility Grant Through Indo-Pacific Design Funding Window
With funding from the Australian Government, Convergence is pleased to announce it has awarded a feasibility study grant to Allotrope Partners (Allotrope) through the Indo-Pacific Design Funding Window, supporting the development of an innovative blended finance vehicle targeting Sustainable Development Goal 7–Affordable and Clean Energy in the Philippines.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- Asia Pacific
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Scaling Cleaner Cooking Solutions in East Africa: Acumen Discusses Its Kopagas Exit
This is not just a problem of the inconvenience of outdated technology, but of health: more than 4 million people—the majority of whom are women and girls—die each year from exposure to the air pollution produced by cooking with open fires in their homes. That’s more than the number of deaths each year from malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.
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- Energy, Environment
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Southeast Asia Energy Buyers Grab Chance to Lock in Green Deals
Longer-term manufacturing shift from China expected to boost power demand
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- South Asia
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Renewable Energy Is Electrifying COVID-19 Isolation Centers in Nigeria
The COVID-19 pandemic has upturned our 21st century existence, wreaking havoc on both social and cultural norms and our way of life. It has also crippled the global economy and continues to impact diverse business sectors and industries — travel, transportation, education, and manufacturing.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Environment, Finance
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No, the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not Saving the Environment
The International Energy Agency says the world will use 6% less energy this year, the largest reduction in 70 years. But that won’t make up for losses from practices such as deforestation and wildlife poaching, he writes.BY
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Environment
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