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Belo Horizonte, no Brasil, busca melhorar a eficiência energética
Belo Horizonte está decidida a ser conhecida por seu compromisso com a sustentabilidade. Nos últimos anos, a iluminação pública foi trocada por um sistema mais eficiente, conduziu-se um inventário de...
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PP + EE = An Emerging Driver for Green Growth
Public Procurement. Energy Efficiency. These are not terms that one normally sees together. And honestly, neither is a subject likely to keep many people awake at night. But taken together, they can...
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Why Saving Energy is So Hard
When most people think about energy, they see big power plants and smokestacks. What people generally do not consider is that it is much cheaper and more environmentally friendly to cut energy use than...
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How Fit Are Feed-In Tariff Policies?
World Bank study of Eastern Europe and Central Asian experience finds that complementary policies needed to get more renewable bang out of FiT buck. Given that the effects of energy efficiency measures...
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Energy Efficiency: Scaling Up to Cut Costs And Emissions
Energy is essential to heat homes and cook meals. It is needed to deliver proper health care in hospitals and to teach children. It is essential for economic growth and development and for powering...
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Five Steps to Scale-Up Energy Efficiency
Most experts agree that energy efficiency is a critical building block for sustainable development. This is because improvements in energy efficiency strengthen a country’s energy security, increase...
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Boosting clean tech to power a low-carbon future
Global warming can be limited by reducing or avoiding greenhouse gases stemming from human activities - particularly in the energy, industry, transport, and building sectors—which together account for...
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Morocco raises stakes on combating climate change
While responsible for only a small share of global emissions, the country is taking big steps to curb them.In the next few weeks, Morocco is preparing to commission the first phase of what will be the...
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It is time to be climate operational
The world forged a historic climate deal in Paris on Saturday, cheered on and celebrated by people around the world. Getting to that agreement has involved years of work and collaboration that...
View ArticleTwelve energy stories you enjoyed reading in 2015
What are some stories that caught your attention in 2015? They are ones that focus on people, data and events tied to sustainable growth, climate action and efforts to end energy poverty. As we look...
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Four things you can do during Earth Hour to fight energy poverty
On March 19, millions of people across the globe will turn their lights off for one hour. For many, Earth Hour is a time to recognize and acknowledge the array of challenges our world faces on energy,...
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African women help their communities go solar
Also available in: Arabic | SpanishWamayo’s solar lantern has helped her tailoring business grow.This number cannot be emphasized enough – more than 1 billion people around the world live without...
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How many people does it take to change a light bulb?
Riddle us this. In what country are... 450 million ceiling fans already in use, 40 million new ones sold every year? 350 million fluorescent tube lights already in use, 10 million new sold every year?...
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Getting current: New tech giving more Africans access to electricity
Much work remains to be done to ensure reliable electricity access for Africa's citizens. A number of complications are making it difficult to achieve this UN Sustainable Development Goal. Yet access...
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Can Asia-Pacific achieve sustainable energy for all?
The Asia-Pacific region, comprised of 58 economies, is geographically expansive and a picture of diversity. The trends for sustainable energy in Asia-Pacific, which mirror the region’s economic and...
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