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5 Areas for Action to Set the Green Climate Fund on an Ambitious Path

By Clifford Polycarp and Louise Brown on October 6, 2013
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Expectations are running high as the Board of the Green Climate Fund prepares for its fifth meeting in Paris this week. As the scale of the global climate change challenge…

Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

By Manish Bapna on September 23, 2013
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Sonya Suter, special assistant to WRI’s managing director, also contributed to this blog post. It…

Helping Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Turn on the Lights in Poor Countries

By Alex Doukas on July 12, 2013
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A social entrepreneur invests the little working capital she has to bring solar electricity to a community that –like…

A Look at China's New Environmental Guidelines on Overseas Investments

By Tao Hu on July 3, 2013
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Hu Tao is a Senior Associate in WRI’s Institutions and Governance program.

President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Can it Shift the World Away from Coal?

By Athena Ballesteros, Gaia Larsen and Milap Patel on July 1, 2013
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While reactions to President Obama’s newly announced climate plan have focused on…

Lessons from Indonesia: Mobilizing Investment in Geothermal Energy

By Louise Brown and Aman Srivastava on June 26, 2013
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Developing countries will need about $531 billion of additional investments in clean energy technologies

4 Lessons in Renewable Energy Planning: The Philippine Experience

By Sarah Martin and Athena Ballesteros on June 25, 2013
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Rabayah Akhter, an intern with WRI’s Electricity Governance Initiative, also contributed to this post.

How Civil Society Groups Improved Electricity in Thailand

By Sorina Seeley and Bharath Jairaj on June 19, 2013
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Worldwide, one out of every five people lacks access to modern electricity.

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

By Catherine Easton, Natalya Lozovaya and Peter Veit on June 13, 2013
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Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, took a significant step toward promoting transparency and reducing global poverty. He…

China Invests Billions in International Renewable Energy Projects

By Yingzhen Zhao and Clifford Polycarp on June 6, 2013
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It’s well-known that China ranks first in the world in attracting clean energy investment,

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