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Energy
Africa
Insights
September 4, 2019

For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

  • maps
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Electricity has far-reaching impacts on people's livelihoods. This Tanzanian tailor can sew at night thanks to solar power. Photo by Theo Steemers/USAID
  • maps
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Sustainable Development Goal 7
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
Energy
Africa
Insights
March 13, 2019

In Kenya’s Rural Health Clinics, Business Performance and Renewables Go Hand-in-Hand

  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • public health
  • renewable energy
  • solar
Joyce Onyino and patients at her health clinic in rural Kenya
  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • health
  • public health
  • renewable energy
  • solar
Africa
Insights
November 29, 2018

How Distributed Solar Helps Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • health
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
  • solar
Maasai woman
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • health
  • poverty
  • renewable energy
  • solar
Energy
Africa
Insights
October 11, 2018

A New Fuel Source Can Power Kenya’s Industries While Saving Forests. So Why Isn’t it Taking Off?

  • Forests
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • biofuels
  • Energy
  • Kenya
Baobab tree on the edge of Kenyan farmland
  • Forests
  • Humans of Clean Energy
  • biofuels
  • Energy
  • Kenya
Equity
Africa
Insights
March 20, 2015

4 Property and Land Rights Issues, Explained through Videos

  • agriculture
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • property
A farmer in Mali irrigates his crops. Photo by Tingju Zhu/IFPRI
  • agriculture
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • property
Equity
Africa Asia Latin America
Insights
March 18, 2015

3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

  • Equity
  • Forests
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
  • Equity
  • Forests
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
Equity
Africa
Insights
March 5, 2015

Q&A with Alda Salomao: Natural Gas Project Threatens Community Land in Mozambique

  • environmental democracy
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • fossil fuels
  • natural resources
Rural women on their way to the market. Photo by Ton Rulkens/Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • fossil fuels
  • natural resources
Equity
Africa
Insights
May 12, 2014

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • Principle 10
  • resource rights
  • transparency
Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • Principle 10
  • resource rights
  • transparency
Equity
Africa
Data
January 14, 2014

Rights to Resources Interactive Map

  • maps
  • governance
  • resource rights
  • natural resources
  • maps
  • governance
  • resource rights
  • natural resources
Equity
Africa
Insights
December 11, 2013

Overlapping Land and Natural Resource Rights Creates Conflict in Africa

  • agriculture
  • governance
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • property
In much of Africa, companies' and rural communities' property rights overlap, creating conflict. Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT
  • agriculture
  • governance
  • land rights
  • land tenure
  • natural resources
  • property
Equity
Africa
Data
November 19, 2013

Rights to Resources Map: Data Set

  • maps
  • governance
  • resource rights
  • natural resources
  • maps
  • governance
  • resource rights
  • natural resources
Equity
Africa North America
Insights
June 13, 2013

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • natural resources
  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • governance
  • natural resources
Food
Africa Europe North America
Insights
June 6, 2013

10 Ways to Cut Global Food Loss and Waste

  • creating a sustainable food future
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • natural resources
  • sustainable development
  • creating a sustainable food future
  • agriculture
  • Food
  • food security
  • natural resources
  • sustainable development
Africa
Africa
Research
December 1, 2003

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