Clearing the air: a tale of three cities
Air pollution presents an increasingly apparent challenge to health and development across the globe. Exposure to PM2.5 is a major health risk and worldwide, an estimated 4.13-5.39 million people died
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A Full-Blown Employment Crisis In Emerging Economies
<p>Emerging economies are facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis. The synchronous collapse in global demand and the widespread disruptions in supply chains are inflicting severe economic pain
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Renewables Continue to Break Records Despite COVID-19 Impacts
<p>Even as the global economy has been locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic, May 2020 saw the renewable energy and storage sectors continue to achieve new record-breaking milestones. Stranded asset risks
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Energy Safety Nets:Using social assistance mechanisms to close affordbility gaps for the poor
<p>The Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) mandate to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy services for all, means that even the poorest and most disadvantaged in society
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Double-duty actions: seizing programme and policy opportunities to address malnutrition in all its forms
<p>Actions to address different forms of malnutrition are typically managed by separate communities, policies, programmes, governance structures, and funding streams. By contrast, double-duty actions,
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Accelerating building decarbonization: eight attainable policy pathways to net zero carbon buildings for all
Buildings that emit no greenhouse gas emissions during their operation are vital to meeting the SDGs and Paris Agreement targets. But in the past, zero carbon buildings have been assumed to be only attainable
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Dividing the water, sharing the benefits: lessons from rural-to-urban water reallocation
Rural regions are often seen as key sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for reallocation and potential hotspots of competition for water between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable
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Africa: Thirty-Five Regional Finalists Shortlisted to Win Young Champions of the Earth Prize
United Nations Environment today announced a shortlist of regional finalists for the Young Champions of the Earth prize. The global competition aims to identify, support and celebrate outstanding individuals
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Choosing the right path: low-cost policy options for enhancing Mexico’s climate goals while achieving long-term social benefits
New WRI analysis indicates that Mexico can save more than 25,000 lives and $5 billion in public health costs over the next 12 years by aggressively pursuing policies and actions that reduce air pollution
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Relation between Short-lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) and rural cooking in the residential sector
The objective of this study is to present the results of a model developed by Microsol with regards to cooking in rural households between 2018 and 2030, with information from three countries: Colombia,