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Solar phone charging on a Ugandan island shows even isolated areas in Africa are getting connected by mobile phones and creating demand for energy (Photo: futureatlas.com/blog/)
Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella
… and small-scale, centralised and decentralised; integrating climate change concerns into energy access debates and stimulating … if he understands the full range of challenges and opportunities in delivering sustainable energy for all. The big challenge that he faces …
Insight, 31 July 2014
Three angles on 'green growth'
… on green growth. The thinking has been: we must invest in tackling climate change, but it’ll be expensive, so we must show that climate-related investment can also boost growth and pull us out of … approach — the vision of those who see the ‘American dream’ as not delivering — admits growth of the physical economy in some places, but …
Insight, 30 June 2011
African governments signing away water rights for decades
… Environment and Development. "Good water management in the face of climate change is only possible if it is clear who the water belongs to, …
News, 24 November 2011
Houses teeter on the edge of a river in Indonesia.
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
… ability of future generations to meet their needs. 5: And what about climate change? Somehow the issue of climate change got left out of the MDGs and their targets. Oddly enough, building resilience to the impacts of climate change is dependent on building resilience, which needs local …
Insight, 01 August 2012
A villager gathers medicinal bark in Mozambique
Investing in sustainable productivity could secure REDD+ schemes long term
Insight, 13 December 2012
Sustainability agenda ignores democracy at its peril
… to tackle the major environmental and social threats facing humanity. Climate change, population shifts, natural resource scarcity and the …
News, 20 March 2013
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Introduction to an inclusive blue economy
… are under threat from overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and climate change. Unless these threats are reversed, millions of …
Article, 27 November 2019
Crowdsourcing evidence – such as from these food vendors in Fort Portal, Uganda – is vital to foster citizens agency. But you must engage and listen (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos Pictures)
Encouraging dialogue and dissent
… together.   With the complex challenges we face going forward – climate change, fragile states, migrations – adaptation and innovation …
Insight, 15 March 2016
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Comments and Analysis: GCF’s Guiding Framework and Procedures for Accrediting National, Regional and International Implementing Entities and Intermediaries, Including the Fund’s Fiduciary Principles and Standards
… Climate change …
Publication, 01 May 2014
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… na mwenye mwana" (You have to be part of the dance). The Green Climate Fund: will the vulnerable be overlooked in a rush to spend? June: The Green Climate Fund is intended to be main multilateral financing mechanism to support climate action in developing countries. Neha Rai and Sarah Best reported …
Article, 28 December 2016