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Analysis: ‘Gargantuan Task’: Why India’s Renewable Push Will Be Hard
Plans to build a sprawling solar park on land cultivated for generations by indigenous farmers in India's Himalayan foothills erupted in violent clashes with police last year after their crops were bulldozed for the development.
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- Energy
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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A Gender-Smart Renewable Energy Transition: Why Climate Change Solutions Can’t Overlook Inequality
The Sustainable Development Goals recognize gender equality (SDG 5) and affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) as imminent priorities. Yet Rachel Murphy at Deetken Impact argues that women have been left out of the clean energy conversation – and that the world is running out of time to meaningfully change course. She explains why no single SDG can be achieved without the integration of both a gender and climate perspective, and explores how can the energy industry can move toward greater inclusion and empowerment of women.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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IFC, European and African Partners Launch Alliance to Support Private Sector Growth in Africa
African, European, multilateral and bilateral partners have launched the Alliance for Entrepreneurship in Africa.
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- Uncategorized
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How COVID-19 Is Reversing Energy Access in the Global South
Since the start of the pandemic, 100 million people have lost access to electricity. The off-grid renewable energy sector needs urgent support if progress towards the UN’s seventh Sustainable Development Goal, to ensure energy access for all, is to be maintained.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- Global
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Report: Africa to Drastically Accelerate Progress on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa will require a dramatic acceleration in the current rates of progress.
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- WASH
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- Global
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- global development, hygiene, sanitation, SDGs, water
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World Bank Approves $150 Million for Electricity Services in Senegal
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $150 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to increase access to electricity services for households, enterprises, and critical public facilities in Senegal.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Europe’s Phase-Out of Russian Energy Over the Ukraine Crisis Could Mean Opportunity for African Countries
Suppliers such as the underdeveloped frontier energy markets of Africa may find new energy sector investors in Europe who can no longer rely on Russian natural gas, which has long been their dominant source.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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USAID launches $4.2 Million Investment scheme to Support 5 local Companies in Ghana
The U.S Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, has announced a new co-investment scheme by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) totaling $4.2 million to support five companies operating in the country.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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