Africa
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AfricaAsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Forests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureSouth & Central America
Massive Trans-Global Carbon Storage Study a ‘Wake Up Call’ to Halt Deforestation
The world’s tropical rainforests will be able to absorb “high levels” of CO2 even as the planet warms, provided that global temperatures do not ... -
AfricaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHydropowerNational Plans & ResponsesSevere Storms & FloodingSolarWind
Rwanda Emerges as Climate Leader with Updated 2030 Carbon Target
One of the world’s poorest countries became one of its more ambitious climate leaders last week, when Rwanda became the first African nation to ... -
AfricaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesSmall Island States
IMF, Vulnerable Countries Call for Green Recovery, Climate Finance
One of the world’s most influential multilateral finance agencies jumped onboard the green recovery late last month, when the head of the International Monetary ... -
AfricaAsiaBatteries/StorageBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionChinaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOff-GridOil & GasPathways to 1.5Shale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
Solar, Wind Are Cheapest New Power Sources for Two-Thirds of World Population
Solar and wind are now the cheapest source of new electricity for at least two-thirds of the world’s population, with prices coming in at ... -
AfricaAsiaAustraliaCanadaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentMiddle EastOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Low Prices Have Global LNG Market ‘Imploding Before Our Eyes’
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis is out with a list of 11 major liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects that have been ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesOff-Grid
Pandemic’s Economic Hit Threatens Off-Grid Power in Developing Countries
Off-grid electricity companies that have been supplying power to poor communities in developing nations are struggling to keep the lights on as the economic ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBuildingsChinaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingOff-GridPodcasts & WebinarsSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitWind
WRI Webinar: Nations, Cities Can ‘Build Back Better’ after Pandemic
As governments attempt to steer their economies through the mounting economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, stimulus packages should focus on fostering new models ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesUnited States
Falling Short of Paris Targets Will Cost $600 Trillion by 2100, New Study Shows
The world’s governments will miss out on US$600 trillion in economic activity by the end of the century if they stay on their present ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & Investment
Adow: The West Must Pay Its Debt If the World Is to Win the Climate Fight
Writing with “a clarity born not from abstract understandings but from visceral experience,” Mohamed Adow, founder and director of Power Shift Africa, urges the ... -
‘Imagine Facing COVID in the Dark’: SolarAid Raises Rural Electrification Funds for Zambia [Donor Appeal]
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins spreading across the African continent, with Malawi and Zambia each recently recording their first death, UK-based SolarAid has set ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionChinaCoalElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOil & GasSolarUnited StatesWind
Renewables Delivered Nearly 75% of New Electricity Last Year, But Investment Must Double by 2030
Solar, wind, and other forms of renewable power supplied nearly three-quarters of the new electricity generating capacity installed in 2019, but annual investments will ... -
AfricaAsiaCanadaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobs & TrainingPetrochemicals & PlasticsUnited States
Air Pollution, Lack of Clean Water Increase Infection Risk for Poorer Communities
Chronic health problems—often owing to high levels of pollution—and poor access to clean water are putting poor, Indigenous, and non-white communities across the world ... -
AfricaAsiaBatteries/StorageCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOff-GridPathways to 1.5SolarWater
Electricity, Clean Water Hold Keys to Human and Climate Health
While the world’s most industrialized countries grapples with health care systems that are strained and fraying in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, large ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialDemographicsEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Youth Climate Campaigners Show Empathy, Ingenuity in Face of Pandemic Crisis
As COVID-19 explodes around the world, youth climate activists are responding with empathy and ingenuity, moving en masse from the streets to the web, ... -
AfricaAir & MarineClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemographicsEuropeInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Global Climate Events Postponed to Help #FlattenTheCurve
Critical climate meetings across the globe are being cancelled or postponed in the weeks ahead in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. ...
