Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

24: Solar financing for frontline healthcare in Africa and Asia. Renewable energy meets global health in a knotty challenge for innovative finance. Join We Care Solar and ImpactAlpha to explore emerging solutions for financing clean, affordable solar power for frontline primary health clinics. Agents of Impact Call No.

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Asia Africa Health Solar Power 59

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

A nuanced appraisal emerges from the 2022 World Air Quality report – compiled by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir – which includes a dismal picture from Africa and the news that only five countries met the WHO limits for PM2.5: Everyone deserves to have their health protected from air pollution,” states Aidan Farrow, Sr.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

million rural households across eastern Africa. It is about more than just reducing emissions - it's about improving the health and well-being of women, who are the key agents of social and economic development in rural Africa. With around 1.5 Climate finance is just the means to a development end.".

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Africa Carbon Health Pollution 85

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

ImpactAlpha, September 9 – Stockholm-based BIMA provides mobile health, life and accident microinsurance to first-time customers. It has issued more than 35 million policies in Asia and Africa. COVID has spurred a surge in demand for its telehealth consultations and health policies.

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Asia Africa Health Policy 97

Smart Energy International

MAY 12, 2022

On the face of it, the power sector in Africa seems to be in trouble. The role of Africa in the world’s energy future is changing as efuels are touted as the answer to the current challenges facing traditional energy systems. VIEW THE ENLIT AFRICA PROGRAMME. Hydrogen future. Welcoming the whole sector ecosystem.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2020

24: Solar financing for frontline health clinics in Africa and Asia. Renewable energy meets global health in a compelling challenge for innovative finance. Join We Care Solar and ImpactAlpha to explore emerging solutions for financing clean, affordable and reliable solar power for frontline public health clinics.

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Policy Asia Africa Health 98

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2022

“Our simulations show that, for a large part of the year, water quality in several regions would still exceed critical thresholds for human uses and ecosystem health. This is especially the case for developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”, Jones explains. Difficult puzzle.

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Pollution Asia Africa Politics 213

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We’ll explore financing solutions for clean, affordable and reliable solar power for frontline public health clinics in Africa and South Asia. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Hop on today’s Agents of Impact Call No.

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Asia Africa Solar Power Health 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. In South Africa, the IFC helped one KFC supplier bolster its operations across the region. The EBRD sold its stake in the company in 2019.

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Africa Agriculture Health Investment 80

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mayors from Latin America, Africa and Asia will be welcoming more than 90% of the new urban inhabitants in the next decade. Governing these ballooning cities is a continuing challenge, not just in terms of urban design and revitalization, but.

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Climate change Asia Africa Government 52

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Projections to 2050 show that much of sub-Saharan Africa will be unsustainable, with 95% population growth projected, currently 738 million people lack adequate food and all but one country facing extreme water stress. · 23 of the 27 are in sub-Saharan Africa and MENA. billion by 2050, representing 49% of the world’s population.

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Africa Climate change Pollution Resilience 130

Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The study details how increasing incidences of heat stress are leading to worsening working conditions, increasing the risk of short and long-term health complications for workers, and undermining productivity in many markets around the world. Dasgupta said.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

UpEnergy said the emissions reductions were delivered through a new project in sub-Saharan Africa which it launched to replace traditional biomass burning stoves with electric stoves developed by climate tech start-up PowerUP. According to the World Health Organisation, fou million people a year die as a result of indoor air pollution.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 6, 2020

24: Solar financing for frontline health clinics in Africa and Asia. Frontline public health clinics are playing a critical role in the COVID crisis, but the vast majority of. Greetings, Agents of Impact!

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Asia Africa Health Innovation 59

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

According to the report, Asia generated the greatest volume of e-waste in 2019, some 24.9 Mt) and Europe (12 Mt), while Africa and Oceania generated 2.9 E-waste is a health and environmental hazard, containing toxic additives or hazardous substances such as mercury, which damages the human brain and / or coordination system.

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Energy Monitor Waste Waste Oceania 130

Eco-Business

JANUARY 23, 2024

Most informal settlements, commonly known as "slums", are located in tropical Asia and Africa, where residents have limited data and options to adapt to growing heat-related health risks.

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Asia Africa Health 21

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

With public health such a huge global priority and the world waking up to the scale of the climate challenge, this makes no sense at all. In contrast, middle-income countries in Asia receive 80 per cent of aid funding. The good news is it can quickly change.

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Pollution Health Fossil fuels Energy Monitor 41

The City Fix

APRIL 4, 2024

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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Resilience Africa Climate change Sea level rise 49

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Ujunwa Ojemeni, Founder of the Africa Women in Energy Development Initiative won the Energy Leader Award. The winners of the EI Awards 2020 are: Access to Energy: InfraCo Asia. Health and Safety: NDT Global. Founder of the Africa Women in Energy Development Initiative. For their Philippines Smart Solar Network project.

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Energy Energy Africa Innovation 130

Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

WRI warns that flooding could aggravate coronavirus crisis in South and Southeast Asia and Africa, urging for increased investment globally in flood prevention. Floods are a threat multiplier that could worsen the public health and economic impacts we're seeing from Covid-19," she said. "At

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Asia Africa Climate change Investment 83

Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Insects fared better in the Amazonian region, Africa, Western Australia, and Eastern and Central Europe, while achieving less protected area coverage in North America and South and Southeast Asia. Human health and food security is intrinsically tied to the health of insect populations.

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North America Biodiversity Health Agriculture 130

Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Environmental sustainability has broadened to a holistic concern for planetary health, embracing circular economy principles, the interconnectedness of water, food, and energy systems and the better alignment of decarbonisation efforts with the planet’s ecological limits.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Energy 59

Grist

AUGUST 1, 2023

In early 2022, nearly 200,000 Malawians were displaced after two tropical storms struck the southeastern part of Africa barely a month apart. It’s difficult to say that [Tropical Storm Ana and Cyclone Gombe] caused the cholera outbreak,” UNICEF public health emergency specialist Raoul Kamadjeu said. Read more here.

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Climate change Health Africa Asia 67

Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2021

Climate change can impact not just physical health directly, but also areas such as women's empowerment and children's education, especially in certain parts of the world," she explained. However, Charles argued that "local policies and local investments can make a crucial difference".

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Pollution Resilience Education Africa 98

GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

New golf course developments in Asia, the Middle East and Africa are incorporating sustainability into the design and implementation phases of their projects. These things are absolutely vital to the health and wellbeing of future generations, so we all need to do our best to make things better.". Particularly, Laguna L?ng

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Climate change Real Estate Agriculture Sustainability 545

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Today, it is focused on Latin America, tomorrow on Europe (my own backyard), Thursday on Asia and Friday on Africa. Energy poverty already has powerful implications today from a public health or productivity point of view, for example, as it may harm one’s ability to live a decent life or perform a job. Have you read?

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy 119

Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Business Secretary pushes green finance agenda as he unveils £12m climate fund to support projects Africa, Asia and South America.

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Investment South America Asia Africa 69

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Clean water is critical to good health, yet according to the World Health Organisation, 1 in 3 people globally still do not have access to safe drinking water. In parallel, there are already efforts to disseminate the understanding from our work for practical use in countries across Africa where Moringa grows.”.

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Africa Organic Health Asia 100

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

Given the fundamental importance of the ocean to all life on Earth, it is striking that there has not yet been a serious scientific assessment at scale of marine chemical pollution and its impact on biodiversity and marine ecosystems, and the overall health of the ocean. A coordinated approach.

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Pollution Plastics Microplastics Fossil fuels 162

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. Who's news. On the move.

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Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Startups 442

Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

But we know that in our communities, health and well-being varies significantly according to who you are and where you live. Our communities in these areas are bearing an unfair share of the health impact. And nearly every legislative district has neighborhoods highly impacted by environmental health hazards. .

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Health Pollution Asia Africa 81

Grist

AUGUST 12, 2020

The photos are truly the stuff of nightmares: Swarms of desert locusts blocking out the sun, blanketing fields, and devouring crops in East Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. It’s the worst outbreak those regions have seen in decades. And high-tech solutions tend to be expensive.”.

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Africa Asia Health 114

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Vast amounts of valuable energy, agricultural nutrients, and water could potentially be recovered from the world’s fast-rising volume of municipal wastewater, according to a new study by UN University’s Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). North America’s 295 million.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring North America Agriculture 260

Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

The government said the funding would help cut millions of tonnes of carbon emissions and improve the lives of over 600,000 people in tropical forest communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America. In addition to protecting 2.1 In related news, the UK government today also announced a new £2.7m

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Government Climate change Biodiversity Health 94

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The study, which is under peer review in the scientific journal Lancet Planetary Health, is based on surveys of 10,000 children and people aged 16-25 in 10 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australasia and was carried out by academics from institutions in Europe and North America.

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Climate change North America Government Europe 67

Defend Our Future

JUNE 22, 2023

This makes them more vulnerable to health, safety, and displacement impacts, leading to higher anxiety and stress levels. Imagine living in a place where water infrastructure is insufficient, where women and girls are responsible for fetching water. During environmental disasters, evacuation and aid may become challenging.

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Education Climate change Health Organic 52

Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

UKEF confirmed it now had representatives in Africa, South America, the Middle East, and Asia helping it identify projects with long-term and sustainable growth potential, adding it planned to "significantly increase" this network in 2021.

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Sustainability Fossil fuels South America Solar Power 91