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    Cities
    Africa
    Insights
    March 25, 2024

    Solar-Powered Battery Swap Stations Could Speed Rwanda’s Shift to Electric ‘Motos’

    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • Energy Access
    People on motorcycles drive through the busy streets of Kigali, Rwanda.
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • Energy Access
    Energy
    Africa
    Update
    March 7, 2024

    Leveraging Energy Access Explorer to Advance Kenya’s Clean Cooking Agenda

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    Nairobi, Kenya skyline
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • energy efficiency
    Climate
    Africa
    Update
    March 6, 2024

    South Africa Establishes an Inclusive Process Toward a Just Transition, with Broad Stakeholder Engagement

    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    solar panels south africa
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    March 6, 2024

    Chile’s New Governance Structures Are Streamlining Net-zero Implementation

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    chile solar panels
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    Climate
    Latin America
    Update
    March 6, 2024

    Costa Rica’s Pioneering Net-zero Implementation Plan Attracts Investment, Withstands Political Changes

    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • National Climate Action
    windmills in mountains costa rica
    • Climate
    • net-zero emissions
    • National Climate Action
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 2, 2024

    A New Solution to Power Africa: Productive Use of Renewable Energy

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Malawi farmer tends her field, with solar water pumps in the background
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    October 31, 2023

    Distributed Solar Keeps Hospital Operational During Kenya’s Longest Power Blackout

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Installation of solar panels to a building roof in Africa
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Update
    January 27, 2023

    Restoring a Degraded Ethiopian Watershed for Water and Livelihood Security

    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    This view of the degraded Minzir 01 watershed shows evident signs of gully formation and low stream flow.
    • food security
    • agriculture
    • poverty
    • Climate Equity
    • Freshwater
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 21, 2022

    Tracking Latin America’s Progress on Climate Action

    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Glacier in Argentina
    • Climate
    • National Climate Action
    • NDC
    • COP26
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Business
    Africa
    News
    November 10, 2021

    RELEASE: Kenya Partnership to Reduce Textile Waste Wins 2021 P4G Partnership of the Year Award

    • circular economy
    • sustainable development goals
    • Sustainable Development Goal 12
    • COP26
    • circular economy
    • sustainable development goals
    • Sustainable Development Goal 12
    • COP26
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    July 26, 2021

    Integrated Planning Helps Kenya Close its Energy Access Gap

    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Kenya village
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 26, 2021

    Ethiopia's Updated NDC Underscores its Focus on Climate Action

    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • COP26
    A grassy landscape with two buildings, each painted with an Ethiopian flag, in the background.
    • National Climate Action
    • climate change
    • climate policy
    • NDC
    • COP26
    Climate
    Latin America
    Podcasts
    June 23, 2021

    Why Transformative Adaptation Is Needed to Build Climate Resilient Food Systems

    • food security
    • Climate
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Climate
    • Food
    • agriculture
    Energy
    Asia Africa
    Podcasts
    March 2, 2021

    Powering Development with Energy Access

    • podcasts
    • Energy Access
    • podcasts
    • Energy Access
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    Colombia Shows Leadership in the Race Against Climate Change

    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    A cow grazes on a grassy hill, with forested hills in the misty background.
    • Climate
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • COP26
    Energy
    Africa
    Insights
    February 3, 2021

    Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • electric grid
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • Finance
    • fossil fuels
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Latin America
    News
    December 10, 2020

    STATEMENT: Brazil Sets Weak 2030 Emission Reduction Target

    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    • National Climate Action
    • net-zero emissions
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Technical Perspectives
    September 15, 2020

    INSIDER: Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Development: Three Lessons from Kenya

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security
    Herders in Kenya.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • food security

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