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To Stop Climate Catastrophe, Invest in Clean Cooking: Exploring the Lack of Funding – And Signs of Progress – In the Industry
As devastating heat waves and wildfires become an unwelcome part of summer around the world, it's clear that climate change is no longer a future risk we need to prepare for, but an ongoing crisis we need to navigate. To tackle this challenge, Dymphna van der Lans at the Clean Cooking Alliance argues that the world needs to phase out inefficient, greenhouse gas-emitting cooking methods like wood- and charcoal-burning fires – but for that to happen, funders will need to step up. She explores the lack of funding that has typically plagued the clean cooking sector, and discusses some promising signs of growing momentum.
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- Energy, Environment
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Press Release: DFC Board of Directors Approves $1.6 Billion of Investment to Advance Energy Supply, Food Security, Climate Solutions, and Other Key Development Challenges
DFC Board of Directors has approved $1.6 Billion of Investment to Advance Energy Supply, Food Security, Climate Solutions, and Other Key Development Challenges.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Press Release: Mesh-Grid Energizes Community in Nasarawa State at 30% Cost Saving Compared With Mini-Grid
Creeds Energy has energized 50 households in Bassa, Nasarawa State, with 24-hour solar energy access using mesh-grids from Okra Solar.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate health, scale, solar
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Climate-Resilient Architecture: The Key to Combating Heat Stress in India
Global warming has increased the intensity of heat waves over the last few decades. And in India and other emerging countries, extreme heat is a particularly serious problem, as only 8% of the 2.8 billion people living in the world’s hottest regions have air conditioners. But according to Krati Airan and Rohang Mishal at Villgro Innovations Foundation, the problem won't be solved by simply expanding access to air conditioning, which is expensive and energy-intensive. They explore the impact of climate-resistant architecture in addressing heat stress in the world’s hottest – and most economically vulnerable – countries.
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- Environment
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Press Release: Companies Need to Invest in Water and Toilets to Drive Health, Wealth and Business
WaterAid reveals the major benefits of investing in clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene in workplaces and employees’ communities.
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- WASH
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- Global
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Press Release: 300 Haitian Homes Energised with Clean Energy
300 households in rural Haiti have been equipped with Okra Solar’s innovative Mesh-Grid technology.
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- Energy
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- Latin America
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- climate health, energy access, solar
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Press Release: DFC Provides More Than $100 Million in Financing to Bolster Health, Agriculture, and Financial Inclusion in Latin America
Announced at the Ninth Summit of the Americas, DFC investments show how the U.S. is helping spur economic growth and development throughout the region
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- Agriculture, Finance, Health Care
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- Latin America
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Press Release: COVID-19 Slows Progress Toward Universal Energy Access
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a key factor in slowing progress toward universal energy access.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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