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    Africa freedom of information low carbon development natural infrastructure Insights
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

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

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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
    Energy
    Asia
    Insights
    March 7, 2017

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

    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Pharmacy in Monrovia
    • Equity & Governance
    • 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 & Governance
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Tanzania solar
    • Equity & Governance
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Energy Access
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Africa
    Insights
    October 5, 2015

    Can Clean Distributed Energy Solutions Close Africa’s Access Gap?

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Solar speciality shop in Gulu, Uganda. Photo by James Anderson/Flickr.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Economics
    • development
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    July 24, 2015

    Addis Ababa Agenda: Bold Sustainable Development Vision to Be Backed Up by Action

    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Henrik Berger Jørgensen/Flickr.
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 1, 2014

    Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Equity & Governance
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Finance
    Africa
    Insights
    June 18, 2014

    Tracking Climate Finance in Developing Countries: Easing the Way Forward

    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Kenyan farmers discussing changes in the climate and weather. The lack of an internationally agreed definition of climate finance makes it difficult to monitor and report climate finance flows. Photo Credit: CGIAR/Flickr
    • Climate
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    • UNFCCC
    Finance
    Africa
    Insights
    June 2, 2014

    Lessons from Mexico: Mobilizing Investment in Wind Power

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Thanks to government-led programs supported by international partners, Mexico installed 1240 MW of wind generation capacity by 2012. Photo credit: neusbordas/Flickr
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • climate investment funds
    • climate finance
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    May 27, 2014

    Lessons from South Africa: Mobilizing Investment in Renewable Energy

    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    When it comes to renewable energy, South Africa has considerable, unrealized potential. Some estimate that wind power generation potential in South Africa could reach 80.54 TWh, which could be realized with an installed capacity of 30.6 GW. Photo credit: Lollie-Pop/Flickr
    • Energy
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • climate investment funds
    • renewable energy
    • low carbon development
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe Latin America North America
    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    5 Big Energy Stories of 2013

    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 23, 2013

    Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Climate
    Africa Asia Europe North America
    Insights
    July 29, 2013

    Shifting Global Investments To Clean Energy

    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    • Energy
    • Business
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 31, 2013

    Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • freedom of information
    • fossil fuels
    • public participation

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