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Small And Medium-Sized African Solar Power Companies See Sales Surge

About 600 million Africans don't have electrical service in their homes, with electrification rates in West Africa as low as 8%.

International Business Times

Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity

Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some of the world’s worst infrastructure and the complications of climate change

The Independent UK

The Fisherman and the Banker: film charts Indian fishers’ fight with a giant

Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on their lives

The Guardian - UK

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Palestinians in West Bank risk crossing Israel's separation barrier to flee failing economy

A year of war in the Gaza Strip has reverberated across the West Bank, where the World Bank warns the economy is at risk of collapse because of Israeli restrictions barring Palestinian laborers from entering the country to work and the biggest wave of violence in decades

The Independent UK

Nigerians decry ‘anti-poor’ measures in new protests against the government

The country’s highest food inflation levels in decades have pushed businesses to shutter and forced many to go hungry.

Al Jazeera

UK climate envoy to keep role at charity whose founders invest in fossil fuels

Supporters rally to Rachel Kyte after criticism of appointment over link to investment firm Quadrature Capital

The Guardian - UK

Money Gambians send home from Europe is a lifeline for their families but the sacrifices take a toll

The money that many young Gambian men who left as migrants seeking jobs in Europe send back home every month is a lifeline for their families

The Independent UK

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Labour's new 'climate envoy' linked with £4m party mega-donor hedge fund

LABOUR’S appointee to a plum government job is linked with a Cayman Islands-based hedge fund which donated £4 million to the party, The National…

The National (Scotland)

Labour appoints Rachel Kyte to climate envoy role axed by Sunak

Appointee was a climate chief at the World Bank and will lead UK’s return to high-level environmental diplomacy

The Guardian - UK

Who is Rachel Kyte, the UK’s new climate envoy?

The forthright climate expert has occupied top positions at the World Bank and the UN

The Guardian - UK

Is the Indus Waters Treaty the latest India-Pakistan flashpoint?

India wants to renegotiate the 64-year-old pact under which the neighbours split water from six Himalayan rivers.

Al Jazeera

As Sri Lanka votes, a $2.9bn IMF loan looms large

Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa are contesting an election focused on the economy.

Al Jazeera

How single-use plastic still rules the world

The World Bank estimates 11 percent goes uncollected, and is burned, disposed of on land or leaks into rivers and the ocean.

Latin Times

How Single-use Plastic Still Rules The World

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.

International Business Times

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Local, Foreign Firms Facing Months Of Recovery In Storm-hit Vietnam

Factory roofs blown off, products worth millions of dollars destroyed, supply chains disrupted: Typhoon Yagi has had a disastrous impact on local and global companies in northern Vietnam who could take months to recover, business leaders warn.

International Business Times

'Easy, Convenient, Cheap': How Single-use Plastic Rules The World

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.

Fortune

After 2 years of peddling Putin’s propaganda, the IMF is returning to Russia in open defiance of the West

It is hardly surprising that Putin’s cronies are taking victory laps and celebrating the IMF’s legitimization of the Kremlin.

The Conversation

There are 13 million women ‘missing’ in Gulf states – here’s why it is holding their economies back

When you think of modern, oil-rich Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), you may picture a life of luxury. But beneath the shots of towering skyscrapers and splendid grand malls, there is a concerning reality: women are frequently missing from the economic picture.

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The Conversation

1.2 billion young people will need a job in the next 10 years. The World Bank is trying to help them find one

World Bank president Ajay Banga is in Canberra this week. It’s the first time a World Bank president has visited Australia in seven years.

The Independent UK

In diesel-dependent East Timor, renewable energy transition remains slow despite government pledges

The small Southeast Asian nation of East Timor is at an energy development crossroads

Al Jazeera

As China, Africa woo each other, who gains more? It’s complex, say experts

Beijing’s detractors claim it lures in African countries with big loans, but the continent’s leaders also have a choice.

The Conversation

For decades, we’ve been told 80% of the world’s biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands – but it’s wrong

Everyday people understandably rely on information quoted by scientists. But when that information turns out to be incorrect, things get complicated.

International Business Times

Ethiopia Says Mega-dam Doubles Electricity Output

Ethiopia said it has more than doubled electricity production from its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile after two more turbines started operations.

The Conversation

The leading alternative to GDP is languishing over a technical disagreement – with grave potential consequences

Many commentators believe that the world should move away from measuring economic success in terms of GDP growth. Yes, growth has brought prosperity and untold riches, but it has had significant negative side effects for the planet, including climate change, pollution and species extinction. None of these are captured in…

The Guardian - UK

It’s August 2024 – and our world is at a turning point. Here’s what we should do now

I see looming political and environmental threats – and too few willing to address them. Where is the urgency, asks former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

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