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‘Doktari’ Turns Plastic Bags Into Building Materials
Meet Dr Oscar Joshua Aghan, who uses plastic bags that are still in circulation to make building materials.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Building Forward From COVID-19 Towards the Ambition of the 2030 Agenda
In the midst of a global pandemic, it’s clear that we are up against enormous challenges, and progress in key areas is slow or regressing, as the recent Sustainable Development Goals report shows.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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Press Release: Pakistan Making Shift To Clean Power Production and Lower Energy Costs With World Bank Support
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $450 million in financing to support Pakistan’s transition to renewable energy resources that reduce its reliance on fossil fuel imports and lower costs of electricity production.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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Press Release: Greenlight Planet, Solar Pay-as-You-Go Market Leader, Secures $90 Million Investment
New Funding to Expand the Company’s Pay-As-You-Go Solar Financing Business, Backed by Leading Investors CDC Group, FMO, Norfund, and ARCH Emerging Markets Partner
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Charting a Path for a Resilient Recovery in Sub Saharan Africa
Countries need to ensure that the vast global fiscal support deployed to fight the pandemic also works to build a smarter, greener and more equitable future.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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‘Big Oil Has Fallen’: Environmentalists Celebrate Exxon Mobil Being Booted from Dow Jones
Exxon Mobil’s demotion from the Dow Jones Industrial Average after nearly a century is being celebrated by environmentalists as a harbinger of the fossil fuel industry’s demise.
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- Energy
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- renewable energy
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Renewable Energy in Developing Countries Emerges as Growth Area
With oil and gas prices down 30% for the year and fossil fuels becoming less attractive due to sustainability issues, investors are looking elsewhere in the energy sector.
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- Energy
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BP Aims to Build 50GW of Renewables by 2030, Cut Fossil Fuel Output by 40%
The oil supermajor lays out further details on its path toward net-zero, keeping ahead of its fossil fuel rivals in its energy transition ambitions.
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- Energy, Environment
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- renewable energy, SDGs
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