Many cities are investing in trees, forests and other nature-based solutions to counteract these effects and help their residents adapt to climate change City leaders representing combined population of nearly 173 million residents have issued the Cities4Forests “Call to Action on Forests & Climate” Fifty-seven cities, including 51 mayors, have issued a declaration calling on governments,… Continue reading More than 50 Mayors Call on Governments and Companies to Conserve Forests
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Re-engaging and Motivating Employees under COVID-19
Re-engaging employees under COVID-19 will be key to building a ‘new normal’. If the ripple effects of the global health crisis remain difficult to assess, the immediate impact of the pandemic is felt by all businesses around the world. Managers are faced with multiple challenges that span from reorienting operations, ensuring employee safety and shifting… Continue reading Re-engaging and Motivating Employees under COVID-19
As The For-Profit World Moves Into An Elder Care Program, Some Worry
Sarah Varney With the support of private equity money, InnovAge aims to aggressively expand a little-known Medicare program that will pay to keep older and disabled Americans out of nursing homes. Inside a senior center here, nestled along a bustling commercial strip, Vivian Malveaux scans her bingo card for a winning number. Her 81-year-old eyes… Continue reading As The For-Profit World Moves Into An Elder Care Program, Some Worry
If carbon pricing is so great, why isn’t it working?
Peter Fairley Political hurdles and low prices have made carbon pricing a low-impact affair. But there’s still hope it can help limit climate change. Earth’s atmosphere has long served as a free dump for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by humans. That is changing as policy-makers embrace economists’ advice that the best way… Continue reading If carbon pricing is so great, why isn’t it working?
Clean Solar energy, brings light to Kenya’s villages
Marianne de Nazareth Head quartered in Nairobi, M-KOPA Solar has connected over 375,000 low-income homes to affordable , safe and clean energy in Africa – with 550 new homes being added every day making them the world’s leading ‘pay-as-you-go’ energy provider to off grid homes Rural Africa is very similar to India. Most villages have no… Continue reading Clean Solar energy, brings light to Kenya’s villages
A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs
The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the world. REN21 published the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. 2015 was a record year for renewable energy installations. Renewable power generating capacity saw its largest increase ever,… Continue reading A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs
Press freedom violations threaten transparency in extractive sector
Publish What You Pay Writing about the extractive industries is an important area for journalists With the wealth of natural resources available, the huge financial interests at play, the influential role of extractive companies and the dominance of natural resource revenue for some developing countries’ economies, writing about the extractive industries is an important area for… Continue reading Press freedom violations threaten transparency in extractive sector
What lies behind Africa’s lack of access and unreliable power supplies
Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network, recently released a report highlighting Africa’s electricity challenges. Power shortages can hamper socioeconomic development, but they also have implications for health and education. The Conversation Africa’s energy and environment editor Ozayr Patel spoke to Peter Penar, one of the researchers. How serious is the electricity crisis in Africa? One… Continue reading What lies behind Africa’s lack of access and unreliable power supplies
A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Nelson Garcia, a member of the same Indigenous rights group as murdered activist Berta Caceres, has been assassinated in Honduras. On Tuesday, Nelson Garcia was killed after being shot four times in the face in the Rio Chiquito community who was a member of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous organizations of Honduras (COPINH), of which Berta… Continue reading A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Africa’s oldest national park under new threat
Activists say, it may only be a matter of weeks before Uganda issues oil licence in Lake Edward, effectively opening up Virunga by the back door. According to Global Witness, on the 26th of February seven companies submitted bids to the Ugandan government in a licensing round which includes the Ngaji oil block which covers half of Lake Edward and large… Continue reading Africa’s oldest national park under new threat
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