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Tackling Air Pollution Could Deliver $220 Billion Economic Boost for India, Study Finds
The shift to cleaner technologies and practices could support around 1.4 million job transitions and new employment opportunities, pointing to significant changes in India’s labour market and industrial systems.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Swedfund Invests €15 Million in Hummingbirds Gondwana to Scale Nature Projects in Africa
The fresh funding will help restore and safeguard forests and coastal environments, support responsible land use, and expand access to clean cooking technologies.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PwC Takes Over Koko Networks After Clean-Cooking Startup Enters Administration
The collapse caps nearly two years of worsening financial and operational pressure, including in 2024 when Koko was forced to pivot to more expensive and often insufficient local supply, a shift insiders say squeezed margins and destabilised its fuel logistics.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: A Distressing Link Between Unsafe Water & Plastic Pollution: India’s Informal Workforce Tackling the Crises is Disincentivized
When the city pioneered the door-to-door waste collection, it was home to nearly 3,500 waste pickers who recovered recyclables from community containers, streets and landfill sites. A dissertation study conducted in 2023 highlighted how waste pickers got left out as the city pioneered modernisation and privatisation of its solid waste management systems or abide by the central policy guidelines.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- climate health, gig economy, hygiene, recycling, waste, water
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Burkina Faso Launches $1.16 Billion UN-Supported Food Systems Programme Under National Development Plan
The agreement, announced on February 7 by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, is designed to support food and nutritional sovereignty over the medium term while anchoring humanitarian and stabilisation spending within a broader development framework.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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‘I Can’t Afford Cooking Gas,’ Shutdown of Kenya’s Koko Biofuel Firm Wipes Out Clean Cooking Options
In Nairobi's informal settlements, the closure of Kenyan supplier Koko Networks has left thousands of households without access to clean bioethanol cooking fuel.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Exposure to Hot, Humid Conditions In-Utero Is Dangerous for Child Health: Study
Researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara looked at the effect of prenatal exposure to extremely hot, humid conditions on the health of children in South Asia.
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- Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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