More support needed to power Africa’s food systems with renewables, experts say

As efforts to expand energy access across Africa grow, experts and policymakers have called this week for greater coordination and investment to power food production with renewables, arguing the sector…

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UK’s budget juggling trick with rainforest loan for bus-fare cap needs transparency

Euan Ritchie is a senior research associate in the Europe programme at the Center for Global Development.Andy Burnham, the UK’s latest prime minister, has suggested reducing the amount the British…

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India needs climate adaptation cash to be an investment, not a quick fix

Anuradha Barua, Aakriti Wanchoo and Swapan Mehra are from Iora Ecological Solutions, a New Delhi-based company focused on nature-based solutions, climate action, conservation and environmental policy.When Rojo Neog’s village in…

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