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Press Release: Driving the Transition: Bboxx and Spiro Team Up to Accelerate Africa’s EV Transition
The alliance will accelerate the delivery of EV motorcycles (e-motos) to customers whose livelihoods depend on access to inexpensive transport across East and West African markets.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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G20 Bloc Fails to Reach Agreement on Cutting Fossil Fuels
The Group of 20 (G20) major economies meeting in India failed on Saturday to reach consensus on phasing down fossil fuels following objections by some producer nations.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global
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Universal Energy Facility to Grant up to $10.4 Million For Renewables in the DRC, Madagascar and Sierra Leone
The funding will benefit an estimated 88,000 people in 29 communities in the three countries.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Addressing the Credibility Crisis in Carbon Credits: How New Technologies — And New Data — Are Building Trust in Carbon Markets
Are carbon credits a legitimate tool to fight climate change — or are they just greenwashing? Ben Jeffreys at ATEC Global argues that, despite recent research that has called its effectiveness into question, putting a price on carbon is actually one of our most promising ways to accelerate global decarbonization. But as he points out, that doesn’t mean the criticisms of carbon credits aren't valid: He explores the challenges that are impacting carbon credits' credibility, and proposes five recommendations for building a more robust and transparent carbon market.
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- Environment, Technology
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Leapfrog Plans $500 Million Investment in Asian, African Climate Transition Firms
LeapFrog said in a statement that the money would target investments to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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- Environment, Investing
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Colombia to Decarbonise 290 Mega Watt Coal Plant to Solar-Plus-Storage
Colombia is looking to diversify its renewables portfolio, of which solar PV only represented 1%.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Latin America
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Developing Nations Face $1.7 Trillion Clean Energy Investment Shortfall, UNCTAD Says
This funding gap is part of a total $4 trillion annual shortfall developing nations are facing in terms of sustainable development goals.
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- Energy, Technology
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Making a Successful Business Pivot During the Energy Transition: Three Lessons from an Auto Supplier Diversifying into Renewables
As efforts to decarbonize the world’s energy systems accelerate, many industries and companies face both new challenges and tremendous opportunity — and the automotive industry is a highly visible proving ground for this shift. Diana Páez and Dana Gorodetsky at the William Davidson Institute explore how Bosal, a global automotive supplier, is leveraging its expertise with internal combustion engine-related products to expand into the renewable energy market, and share some lessons from its evolution that can be valuable to other companies affected by the energy transition.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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