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World Bank Supports Central Asia’s First Regional Electricity Market to Boost Energy Security and Affordability
During the REMIT Program’s first phase, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as the Central Asian Countries’ Coordinating Dispatch Center (CDC) Energia, will benefit from program grants and concessional financing totaling $143.2 million.
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Analysis: Rising Coal Demand Overshadows Southeast Asia’s Transition to Renewable Energy
Indonesia is the world’s largest coal exporter and Southeast Asia’s biggest carbon emitter making it vital for the region ’s energy transition.
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- Energy, Environment
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- South Asia
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African Development Bank Approves $16.5 Million Loan to Boost Kenya’s Clean Energy Transition
Beyond expanding generation capacity, the project will deliver affordable, sustainable baseload power to Kenya’s national grid at one of the lowest tariffs in the country, helping to drive down overall electricity costs.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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U.S. Formally Withdraws From World Health Organization
Global health experts worry that a lack of international coordination will lead to death and disaster.
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- Health Care
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- Global
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Gates Foundation Announces $9 Billion Budget, Plans to Cut Staff
The spending increase is part of the foundation’s commitment to accelerate its mission ahead of its planned closure in 2045.
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Solar Power Could Drive African EV Boom Sooner Than Expected
A new study led by ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), published in Nature Energy, challenges the long-held assumption that combustion engines will dominate the continent until at least the mid-century.
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- Energy, Transportation
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Spark+ Africa Lends $1 Million to Expand Clean Cooking Loans in Ghana
The transaction is part of a series of recent Spark+ financings aimed at supporting clean cooking in Africa.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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US Loses Gavi Board Seat After Withholding Funding
In 2025, Trump administration official Mark Kevin Lloyd joined Gavi’s board as the U.S. representative, occupying one of the five seats reserved for donor countries.
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- Health Care
- Region
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