Renewable energy is essential to achieving sustainable development, and wind energy can provide competitively priced electricity, while helping to reduce climate change impacts. Yet its impacts on biodiversity Continue Reading
Prepared by 145 experts from 50 countries, the 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Continue Reading
Presentation of the issue number 35 of Proparco’s Private Sector and Development magazine : Preserving biodiversity, the private sector in action Presentation by Chloée Michelet, Environmental and Social Continue Reading
The industrial sector is a major consumer of fossil fuels and the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG), however there are not as many energy efficiency projects – the key […]Continue Reading
Women are first in line when it comes to tackling climate change. Whether they are involved in producing and managing resources or in climate negotiations, women are fully-fledged stakeholders in […]Continue Reading
Focus on an historic climate agreement that has gone almost unnoticed on the margins of COP22: the amendment adopted in Kigali in October 2016 aims to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs […]Continue Reading
Whether the impacts of climate change are already upon us, or heading our way in the future, they will affect the entire planet. Controlling GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions is therefore a […]Continue Reading
The development of energy resources and energy efficiency in Kenya is a current necessity as well as a big challenge. To meet that challenge, Kenya’s Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has […]Continue Reading
The Indian government’s electrification plans offers major opportunities for renewable energies, with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) best placed to meet them. They, however, face challenges in Continue Reading
Chile has seen an astonishing surge in renewable energy production. Key factors underlying this success: an abundance of natural resources, an open energy market and a robust regulatory framework, combined […]Continue Reading
