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Energy access: the next thing to go viral?

Lynne Featherstone, Ministerial Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Overseas, 6 December 2013 - Climate Change, Girls & Women, Other

Of all the things that have gone viral this year, there is 1 in particular that stood out for me. A Swedish professor, Hans Rosling, produced a survey that tests our assumptions about the progress of the developing world. It …

Turn off the lights

Prasanna Bahadur KC, Financial Sector Development Advisor, Nepal, 22 May 2013 - Climate Change, Infrastructure, Nepal

In Nepal, it’s not unusual for there to be 16-hour electricity blackouts in the dry season. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) simply cannot meet rising demand. Sadly, no power has been added to the national grid for the past 2 …

Putting on my sceptical hat for access to energy

Hannah Ryder, Team Leader for Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, 22 October 2012 - Climate Change

Economists have a reputation for being sceptical. So much so that there is a book called the Skeptical Economist, and a new book referring to economics as the dismal science. This has a lot to do with our teaching. For …

Brotherly challenge, part 3: should individuals reduce their emissions?

Vicky Seymour, 18 December 2009 - Climate Change

In discussing the ongoing climate conversation I'm having with my brother in my last two blogs, I've talked about the evidence behind the need to tackle climate change, and about why we need to assist developing countries to grow their …

Energy access: the next thing to go viral?

Turn off the lights

Putting on my sceptical hat for access to energy

Brotherly challenge, part 3: should individuals reduce their emissions?

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