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ECOWAS Policy For Gender Mainstreaming In Energy Access

  • Mahama Kappiah
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On June 5, 2015, the 15 countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), represented by the energy ministries, adopted the first-ever regional policy on gender-responsive energy development.…
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CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW TO MAKE CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE?

  • Maud Sarlieve
At the 25th Conference of Parties, the 196 State Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change discussed the challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their priority: find…
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Why Cities, Towns and Regions Are Creating a Roadmap Towards 100% Renewable Energy

  • ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
Tackling the climate emergency – a security, socioeconomic and environmental crisis – requires the unprecedented transformation of energy systems and an immediate transition to renewable energy across all sectors. For…
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Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century

  • Christopher Trisos and Alex Pigot
The impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems are already evident. Poleward shifts in the geographic distributions of species, catastrophic forest fires and mass bleaching of coral reefs all bear the fingerprints of climate change.…
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What renewable energy and home repair have in common

  • Bertrand De la Borde
Should renewable energy developers invest in vocational training? Job creation? Home repair? The answer, based on best practice in emerging markets around the world, is unequivocally yes – with community…
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Creating African markets for global climate action

  • Alzbeta Klein
Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to the impacts of climate change. While the continent is responsible for only 4 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions, far reaching repercussions…
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The four barriers for the diffusion of solar energy technologies in Africa: Trends in Kenya

  • Prof. Izael P. Da Silva
The diffusion of Modern Energy Technologies (MET) in Africa has been found to be very low especially for solar energy systems. The installed solar PV capacity in Africa is a…
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Africa races towards enduring dream of a Great Green Wall

  • Monique Barbut
John Lennon once said, ‘A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality’. Never did these words ring more true than for…
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The extractives slowdown in Africa: A window of opportunity?

  • Jonathan Hobbs and Frederick Kwame Kumah
“For more than a decade, African economies have been riding the crest of a global commodity wave. Demand for energy resources and metals has been outstripping supply, pushing up prices…
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Building Resilience Against Climate Change: African Risk Capacity

  • Mr. Mohamed Beavogui
Climate changes poses a considerable threat to the African continent. Over the last four decades, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced more than 1,000 disasters. These events have inflicted significant economic damage…
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