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Why the EV Industry Can Count on Relatively Cheaper Lithium
Prices are expected to rise this year, but likely will remain well below their 2022 peak.
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- Energy, Environment, Transportation
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- Global
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Press Release: Bayer Pilots Unique Generative AI Tool for Agriculture
Expert generative AI system has been trained by Bayer agronomists and proprietary data to benefit farmers, agronomic advisors, and other industry users.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sierra Leone Receives a $26.8 Million Investment to Strengthen Climate Resilience
Working with local partners, this five-year project will focus on improving food and water security.
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, food security, NGOs, water
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Report: Heatwaves and Floods Affect Rural Women and Men Differently, Widen Income Gap
New study shows how the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in rural areas vary with gender, wealth and age.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Financial Toll of Climate Crisis Hitting Women Harder, UN Says
Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Global
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- climate change, housing, research
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Energy Poverty is Not Gender Blind: How Companies, Funders and Policymakers Can Empower Female Energy Consumers Across Africa
While both men and women in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity and clean energy technologies, women pay a bigger price for this lack of access in nearly every imaginable way. Mutale Ngaba, Katie Brauer, Nathalie Gogue-Ebo and Duda Slawek at Open Capital argue that this crucial aspect of the energy access conversation is often overlooked. They explore the gender inequities in energy poverty, and share learnings from Open Capital's work that can guide the efforts of energy companies, funders and policymakers to put women’s needs at the center of energy access efforts in the region.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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Joint Project with Germany to Modernise Nigeria’s Recycling Sector
Partners from Nigerian civil society, the metal processing industry and the solar industry are working with the Oeko-Institut.
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- Energy, Environment, WASH
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- Global
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Kenya, Saudi Arabia Strike ‘Voluntary’ Carbon Deal
Climate finance expert Fadhel Kaboub regards carbon credits as false climate solutions “as they enable global north historic polluters to continue polluting while offering minimal climate finance”.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa