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Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and Sustainable Energy for All Announce Expanded Partnership to Tackle Energy Poverty Worldwide
$50 million commitment will support the scale-up of the Universal Energy Facility and advancement of countries’ energy access and transition plans.
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- Global
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How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Will Impact Africa’s Energy Transition
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will shift the geopolitics of decarbonization, with particularly stark implications for energy politics in Africa.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: What Do New Cookstoves in Ghana and Air Conditioners in NYC Have in Common? Energy Justice.
Combating energy poverty and energy insecurity are critical elements to achieving environmental health equity for billions worldwide.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Global Energy Targets Don’t Deal With People’s Real Problems in Zimbabwe
Chasing technological efficiency, without addressing ever-increasing energy consumption, is missing the forest for the trees. Rather, energy efficiency must be dealt with along with problems of inequality and inequity.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bboxx Launches in Nigeria To Deliver Clean Energy and Sustainable Development to 20 Million People
Bboxx, a next generation utility tackling the global energy poverty crisis, has officially launched in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and Bboxx’s largest market to date.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bringing Cooking Poverty off the SDG Sidelines: A New Study Takes a Fresh Look at the Clean Cooking Challenge
Dirty cooking negatively affects almost four billion people and kills over 4 million each year – more than tuberculosis, malaria and HIV-AIDS combined. As Phil LaRocco at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs argues, the issue is one of the largest unsolved public health and equality crises humanity has ever faced – and failing to address it will put the Sustainable Development Goals out of reach. He explores why previous and ongoing clean cooking efforts have failed, and outlines some potential solutions that could finally turn things around, based on a recent study out of Columbia University.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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Analysis: Governments Must Prioritise Off-Grid Energy in Africa’s Economic Recovery
The pandemic has exacerbated some hard truths about the inequality of energy access, with those lacking it hit hardest - but we have the tools to end energy poverty now.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: New Reporting Standards Could Energize the Off-Grid Solar Industry
The framework represents a significant step in helping attract the capital needed to lift millions of people out of energy poverty.
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- Energy, Technology
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