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    Africa
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    November 29, 2022

    P4G’s Partnership of the Year Demonstrates the Power of Rural Electrification Through Hydro Plants

    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • power plants
    A river flows through Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • power plants
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    April 22, 2021

    Restoring Ethiopia's Ecosystems Can Support Livelihoods and COVID-19 Recovery

    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A degraded landscape in Ethiopia under a cloudy sky.
    • coronavirus
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • restoration
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    October 7, 2019

    Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Africa
    Insights
    February 15, 2018

    3 Things Cities Can Learn from Cape Town’s Impending “Day Zero” Water Shut-Off

    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • mapping
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Cape Town, South Africa
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • mapping
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Asia
    Asia
    Data
    January 19, 2016

    Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 12, 2015

    Win-win: Reducing Water Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China’s Power Sector

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    China’s power sector is the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and its biggest industrial water user. To meet increasing energy demand, the country may double its installed generation capacity by 2030. Photo by Asian Development Bank/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Asia
    Insights
    December 4, 2014

    Energy-gulping Desalination Can’t Solve China’s Water Crisis Alone

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • Cities
    • water risk
    Tianjin is home to the Beijiang and Dagang desalination plants, which together are expected to account for a third of China’s 1.5-2 million-ton capacity by 2015. (Tianjin, China) Photo by Sam Gao/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • Cities
    • water risk

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