Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The fledgling green hydrogen industry has seen an investment surge of over $70bn in the wake of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, as producers have looked to develop production facilities that do not rely on costly fossil gas as a feedstock.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

followed suit through the introduction of a clean hydrogen production tax credit through the Inflation Reduction Act and a hydrogen hubs program through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) whilst also introducing its National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap. Meanwhile, the UK launched its hydrogen strategy in 2021.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, "The social element of ESG issues can be the most difficult for investors to assess. It ranges from 10 percent of GDP in advanced economies to more than 30 percent in South Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. .

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Investments in energy transition technologies, infrastructure, and business models increased by 27% in 2021 compared to 2020 levels, according to a new report released by BloombergNEF. However, despite an increase in projects announced, the carbon capture and storage segment recorded a decrease in investments made. Have you read?

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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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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor driving climate technology for social change, announced today the expansion of its climate coaching team to encompass experts in project and carbon finance, policy and equity and access. “Prior to participation in Elemental, CarbonCure did not have a defined public policy strategy.

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Charged

MAY 14, 2024

Car Wars Han Feizi, writing in Asia Times , offers a colorful assessment of the current EV scene in China, which he compares to the notorious Japanese “motorcycle wars.” At what point does blame shift from Chinese economic policy to the actions of the automakers themselves?” Stellantis invested $1.7 Williams asks.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 21, 2023

Furthermore, the programme also aims to strengthen market conditions to attract investments and foster public-private partnerships in the targeted countries. The geothermal sector is expected to play an important role in the decarbonization of the energy sector across Eastern Africa.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Titled “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible”, the authors call on States to commit themselves to developing adequate and effective groundwater management and governance policies in order to address current and future water crises throughout the world.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

The G7 nations may be facing mounting calls this weekend to accelerate their decarbonisation efforts, but a new analysis reveals this week that new climate policies could serve to build upon an encouraging track record of emissoin reduction in recent years. Some of this success has been undone by badly-aligned policies in other areas.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Regional patterns Broken down by region the trilemma report states that North America is addressing its energy trilemma by focusing on infrastructure resilience, community-driven energy equity and environmental sustainability, with the transition towards clean energy propelled by policies such as the Inflation Reduction Act.

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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. Particularly, Laguna L?ng Nonprofit organizations such as the National Links Trust , recent bid winners to take over operations of Washington, D.C.’s

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The group has set a target of unlocking $100bn in public and private capital to improve access to clean power across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It said the investment would help reach one billion people with reliable, renewable energy, avoid four billion tons of carbon emissions, and create, enable, or improve 150 million jobs.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Opponents of climate policy say curbing fossil fuel emissions will kill jobs, but a new study showed that switching to renewables would actually create more jobs than a fossil fuel–heavy future will. The model calculates job growth projections under different climate policies and social and economic factors. Calls for just transitions.

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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. Otto urged countries seeking to boost economic growth to recover from the crisis to invest in flood resilient infrastructure and nature-based flood prevention solutions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The announcement is the latest in a string of new decarbonisation measures across Asia confirmed since China announced in September that it was aiming to deliver net zero emissions by 2060. Reports: EU to deny gas plants green investment label.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The remaining five, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Turkey have a combined potential of 164 gigawatts. To harness this, the report recommends each country take a long-term position on port infrastructure, grid planning and supply chain development, as well as the usual policy asks.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The influential analyst told BusinessGreen earlier this month that its base level scenario will see plastic demand more than double by 2050 as consumption rises among growing middle classes in Africa and Asia. of pre-industrial levels," he said.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the CCUS and hydrogen: 5 things to look for in 2022 report, 2021 saw these markets characterised by announcements of new projects, policies and investments under efforts by governments and companies to achieve net zero targets. Projects in 2021 focused on technology advancements and infrastructure preparations.

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Eco-Business

JUNE 15, 2021

A new report by Forests & Finance, a coalition of NGOs, has found that weak policies and continued major investments in forest-risk sectors are driving deforestation in Southeast Asia, Latin America and West and Central Africa.

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Grist

MAY 30, 2024

If this is a biological response, imagine what’s happening in places like India and Africa where the heat can get to an unbearable 130 degrees Fahrenheit,” Basu remembers thinking. percent in South Asia. She wondered if there could be a biological mechanism at work. That notion had troubling implications. “If This is preventable.”

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

The event will host energy ecosystem stakeholders to unpack the industry’s priorities including its strategic roadmaps, visionary reforms, low cost capital investments and breakthrough technologies for building India’s long term self-reliance in energy. Have you read? As a large developing economy with over 1.3

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report says that during the past decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa increased. Globally, the number of people without access to electricity declined from 1.2

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

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. Chantelle Ludski is serving as the North America and Asia Pacific COO for the Anthesis Group sustainability consultancy. Environmental Protection Agency as a branch chief.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 28, 2020

While six of the ten most costly events took place in Asia, the charity notes that that extreme weather was felt all over the world last year. Meanwhile in East Africa, huge locust swarms linked to unusual rains fuelled by climate change ravaged crops and vegetation across several countries, causing roughly $8.5bn of damages, it calculates.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

In a string of new measures unveiled yesterday, the bank has tightened its rules on providing finance to companies invested in coal, giving European firms until 2021 to align their coal strategies with a 2030 exit date. However, we will remain extremely cautious when looking at the implementation of the bank's new policy.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Government export agency says its provided record levels of sustainable investments to developing countries last year. We increased UKEF's capacity to support overseas projects in over 100 markets last year, and its financing has placed UK businesses at the heart of many important global projects as a result.".

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This boom in stationary energy storage will require more than $262 billion of investment, BNEF estimates. Supportive policies, ambitious climate commitments, and the growing need for flexible resources are common drivers. Global adoption. Other top markets include India, Australia, Germany, the U.K. See educational sessions here.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

per cent in 2019, with solar and wind making up 90 per cent of new additions, and Asia again dominating the market with 54 per cent of global capacity growth last year. In what must be the decade of action, enabling policies are needed to increase investments and accelerate renewables adoption.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2021

However, Charles argued that "local policies and local investments can make a crucial difference". "It REACH, which is partly funded by the UK Foreign Office, aims to improve water security for 10 million people affected by poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by 2024 over its nine-year research programme.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Africa recorded significant wildlife and biodiversity loss at 66%; Asia-Pacific noted a 55% loss. “The report makes for incredibly bleak reading, and tackling this problem will require a range of bold solutions,” Alice Ravenscroft, head of policy at the Good Food Institute Europe , said in a statement.

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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. The drivers are manifold and deeply structural – they span, at least, across various policies, whether economic, social, employment, energy, climate, taxation, welfare, housing, or health”. Have you read?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The latter think tank has warned that Africa in particular is at risk of tying its long term economic fortunes to fossil gas in response to European nations' rush to secure new short-term supplies to end their reliance on Russian exports.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

But Moody's said it expected green bonds market to rebound this year thanks to supportive governmental policies in major economies such as the EU, US, UK, and China. North American and Asia-Pacific issues, meanwhile, accounted for 20 per cent and 19 per cent of the total green bond market respectively last year, Moody's said.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

What are the logistics of moving LPG into a developing country in central Africa, for example? And the analogy I like to use is I’ve travelled all over the world and I’ve travelled to villages across Africa. So, across Africa, for instance, it was about 5%. In Asia, it was just over 6%.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The UK-based firm revealed later last week it is investing £40m in the project, which is situated at Tiln Farm near Retford and once completed is expected to generate enough electricity to power the needs of over 14,200 homes. Ranil Jayawardena's opposition to solar farms must surely make him part of the anti-growth coalition.".

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

“I think we're just at the cusp of a real transformation of our startup ecosystem and seeing the cleantech startup ecosystem really blossom this year,” said Pratap Raju, founding partner of The Climate Collective Network, a non-profit focused on building the ecosystem for climate entrepreneurship in South Asia.

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