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First Africa Climate-Health Desk is Launched
The Africa Climate-Health Desk will help close the long-standing gap between climate science and public health decision-making.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Hidden Role of ‘E-Boiling’ in Clean Cooking: How Nairobi’s Informal Settlements are Quietly Powering an Electric Transition
As policymakers and funders look for ways to bring clean cooking to Africa’s urban poor, one key reality often goes unnoticed: Electric cooking is already happening in the continent’s informal settlements, just not in the way most people think. June Lukuyu, Nathan Williams, Vongaishe Mutatu, Austine Owuor Otieno, Paul Kyoma Asiimwe and Vijay Modi share findings from their research in Nairobi, which reveal a growing use of electricity for boiling water to cook, make tea, bathe, and sterilize food and drinking water. They argue that this adoption of “e-boiling” offers an entry point for expanding electricity usage in these communities, and explore the implications for clean cooking programs.
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- Energy, Environment
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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
- Region
- 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
- Region
- 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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