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Analysis: Green Crime Goes Global
Environmental crime has become so extensive that it is reshaping the global policy agenda, evolving from a niche concern to an urgent topic of international diplomacy.
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- Environment, Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Analysis: Are Electric Car Batteries as Dirty as Critics Claim?
Claims that electric vehicle batteries are tainted by exploitative mineral supply chains are discrediting non-fossil cars as electrified road transport booms.
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- Technology
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- Global
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Zambia Blasts the US Over a $2 Billion Health Deal in Exchange for Critical Minerals
Some African leaders and health experts have criticized the new U.S. stance and its demands for sensitive health data in exchange for badly needed support for health systems strained by the Trump administration’s dismantling of foreign aid.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Scramble for Battery Metals Intensifies as U.S., Chinese Firms Target Zambia’s $10 Billion Critical Minerals Market
Rising global demand for battery metals is reshaping investment flows into Africa, with U.S. and Chinese mining firms rapidly expanding their presence in Zambia.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility, mining, renewable energy
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New Digital Initiative to Support Alternative Livelihoods in South Africa’s Coal-Mining Communities
TechnoServe's new initiative will leverage educational technology to help entrepreneurs in coal-dependent communities build businesses and create jobs.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bezos and Gates-Backed Firm Fights for DRC’s Mineral Data in Exchange for More Investments
The dispute between the US mining firm, Kobold Metals, backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, and Belgium's AfricaMuseum over the digitization of colonial-era maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be intensifying.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- corporations, data, mining, renewable energy
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Zimbabwe Bans All Raw Mineral Exports
Africa’s largest lithium producer — whose stores make up 4.4% of global reserves — is a major supplier to China, which leads the world in refining the battery metal. But like other African countries, Zimbabwe is increasingly keen to maximize the value of its minerals by processing them at home before exporting.
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- Energy, Environment, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Critical Minerals, Complex Choices: WDI Report Unpacks the Dilemmas, Pathways for Countries with Vast Reserves
In the following Q&A, report authors Diana E. Páez, WDI Senior Director, Energy & Mobility; Dana Gorodetsky, WDI Program Manager, Energy & Mobility; and Gerald E. Arhin, Research Fellow in the Political Economy of Climate Compatible Development, University College London; discuss the core dilemmas countries face, share lessons from their comparative analysis, and offer guidance for policymakers navigating these complex choices.
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- Technology
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- Global
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