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Press Release: COVID-19 Intensifies the Urgency to Expand Sustainable Energy Solutions Worldwide
To meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets by 2030, countries must safeguard the gains already attained and accelerate efforts to achieve affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Coronavirus Fallout to Slow Global Growth in Renewable Energy
The global growth of renewable energy will slow for the first time in 20 years due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which will “hurt but not halt” the rise of clean energy.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Environment
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- renewable energy
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How Developing Countries Are Leading the Renewable Energy Revolution
Less burdened by an entrenched old energy economy, developing nations are poised as leaders toward establishing a new energy economy.
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- Energy
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- renewable energy
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Viewpoint: COVID-19 Could Spark A Renewable Energy Boom
The climate problem is not going away. Last month was tied for the warmest April on record globally, and 2020 is on track to be the warmest year ever. Larger and more frequent natural disasters are increasingly likely to happen.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- renewable energy
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Report: The 3 Essential Elements for the Circular Jobs of the Future
How big is the opportunity for circular jobs? Some wildly ambitious, multi-trillion-dollar projections that made headlines several years ago have been picked apart for failing to take into account the increasing automation of labor as well as import and export flows.
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- Energy, Environment
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Press Release: Indian Leaders Call for Improvement in Rural Healthcare via Solarization of Clinics
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has highlighted several existing systemic gaps in services, especially to the rural poor. Inadequate healthcare infrastructure is one of them.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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Will The Low Oil Price Dent The Prospects For Renewables?
There are a number of reasons why this time may be different to previous oil slumps.
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- Energy
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- renewable energy
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Can Emerging Economies Afford a “Green” Recovery From COVID-19?
The dramatic slowdown in industrial production, energy demand and transport activity in the first quarter of 2020 has led to significantly lower levels of air pollution, sparking debate over whether the coronavirus outbreak will lead to long-term shifts in consumer and industrial behaviours that could reorient economic policy towards sustainable development goals.
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- Coronavirus, Energy