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    Africa Food Loss and Waste low carbon development
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Façons de Lutter contre les Pertes et le Gaspillage des Aliments en Afrique

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Ways to Tackle Food Loss and Waste in Africa

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    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
    Kenya village
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • Energy Access
    Cities
    Africa
    News
    October 30, 2020

    RELEASE: South Africa Joins WRI, Coalition for Urban Transitions in Supporting Green and Equitable Urban Recovery After COVID-19

    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 29, 2020

    Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 11, 2020

    Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    A man working on a farm.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    Equity
    Initiatives
    January 17, 2020

    Defending Earth’s Defenders Initiative

    Silas Matoke and his wife Yordana Yawate, pose for photograph as they harvesting sago known as 'pangkur' on the banks of the Tuba river in Honitetu village, West Seram regency, Maluku province, Indonesia on August 22, 2017.
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    September 19, 2019

    RELEASE: New Report Finds National Governments Can Unlock Nearly $24 Trillion by Investing in Zero-Carbon Cities

    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • Urban Mobility
    • Cities
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    Initiatives
    June 14, 2019

    Energy Access Explorer

    kutch sunset.jpg
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 7, 2017

    1.2 Billion People Lack Electricity. Increasing Supply Alone Won’t Fix the Problem

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Pharmacy in Monrovia
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Energy
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    February 8, 2017

    “Pay-As-You-Go” Solar Could Electrify Rural Africa

    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Tanzania solar
    • Equity
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    May 11, 2016

    RELEASE: Policy Blueprint for Building Efficiency Shows Urban Leaders How to Boost Economy and Cut Emissions

    • Cities
    • emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development
    • Cities
    • emissions
    • energy efficiency
    • low carbon development

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