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The Graduation Approach isn’t Just for Extreme Poverty: An Innovative Project Leverages it to Rebuild Livelihoods After Forced Relocation
The Graduation Approach is a proven way to sustainably build the livelihoods of people living in extreme poverty. But as Anton Simanowitz at Social Performance Solutions explains, it is also being leveraged in contexts that go beyond poverty alleviation. He discusses one such application, exploring a pilot program that used the Graduation Approach to rebuild livelihoods in a community that experienced forced relocation due to mining activities.
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- Energy, Environment
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Can We Sustainably Harvest Trees from Tropical Forests? Yes – Here Are 5 Ways to Do It Better
Given poor logging practices are likely to continue in about 500 million hectares of tropical forest, efforts to promote responsible forestry deserve more attention.
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- Environment
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- Global
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- decarbonization, forests, mining, SDGs
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Big Oil Gets Into EVs? ExxonMobil’s US Lithium Mine Could Mean Cheaper Cars
Buying lithium drilled by ExxonMobil in southern Arkansas could help some automakers qualify for the full EV tax credit, but it brings up thorny environmental questions.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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- electric vehicles, mining, scale
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A Rush for Lithium in Africa Risks Fuelling Corruption and Failing Citizens
Cases show that as the lithium rush ramps up, some of the risks facing mineral-rich countries are all too real.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Green Exploitation Is Still Exploitation
If leaders give in to the temptation of short-term gains, the extraction of africa’s transition minerals will follow familiar colonial dynamics.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia Waters Down Coal Closure Plans
The country now plans to start shutting down coal plants no earlier than 2035, having previously committed to begin retiring its coal-fired capacity by 2030.
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- Energy, Technology
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- South Asia
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Namibia Orders Police to Stop Chinese Firm’s Lithium Exports
Namibia's government has accused the Chinese miner for violating the country’s ban on critical raw mineral exports.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Energy Transition is Hiding a Human Rights Problem: Due Diligence ‘Takes the Cover Off’
Human rights due diligence reporting requires companies in all sectors to examine their supply chains to see if any business relationships are contributing to human rights abuses.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global