Africa
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Subsidies Would Help Deliver Mini-Grids as Cheapest Rural Electrification for Sub-Saharan Africa
While subsidies have helped ensure the expansion of national power grid systems around the world, using public money to finance solar mini-grids is less ... -
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Canada Earns Praise for Global Coal Phaseout, Falls Behind on Renewables Deployment
Canada earned its share of international praise last month in a report that highlighted the country’s leadership in the global coal phaseout, shone a ... -
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‘Conflicts Are Predestined’ Where Climate Disasters Threaten Food, Water, Livelihoods
Governments must invest new effort and money to prevent climate change from driving new conflicts, according to a diplomatic statement drafted by the German ... -
AfricaAustraliaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Security & WarMiddle EastSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Study Predicts End of Civilization by 2050 if Global Warming Hits 3.0°C
An alarming new study by Australia’s Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration is pointing to the “high likelihood of human civilization coming to an ... -
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Coal-Powered South Africa Adopts Minimal Carbon Tax
South African industry will be subject to a carbon tax from June 1, after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the policy into law on Sunday. -
AfricaAsiaDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesOff-GridPost-Carbon Transition
400 Million Gain Electricity Service, But Countries Fall Behind 2030 Deadline for Universal Access
Although 400 million people around the world have gained access to electricity since 2010, progress is still too slow to meet the United Nations ... -
AfricaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationOpinion & AnalysisSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
100 Resilient Cities Closure Shows Limits of Climate Philanthropy
In the spring of 2013, the Rockefeller Foundation—the hundred-year-old charitable organization started by Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller—launched an ambitious program to help ... -
AfricaAsiaBuildingsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropePost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
‘Construction Behemoth’ Heidelberg Cement Matches Emission Targets with Paris Agreement
The world’s fourth-largest cement company pledged on Monday to bring its emission reduction targets in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, in ... -
AfricaAsiaCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
China, Japan, South Korea Fund Coal Plants Elsewhere, But Not in Their Own Back Yards
China, Japan, and South Korea are financing dozens of new coal plants in the developing countries of southeast Asia and Africa, while more than ...
