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Why I’m ditching “energy access” (and you should too)

Recently in Nairobi, at one of the seemingly countless “energy summits” held these days, a panel discussion of leading funders had the…

Mar 9, 2020

Why I’m ditching “energy access” (and you should too)

Mar 9, 2020

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For energy in Africa, it must be a “just beginning”

As we navigate our way through a global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the idea of a “just transition” has…

Sep 16, 2019

For energy in Africa, it must be a “just beginning”

Sep 16, 2019

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We’re in a #climate war, so why is #COP just once a year?

Global climate negotiators just ended their once-a-year gathering, at the Conference of the Parties (COP), hosted by the UN Framework…

Dec 19, 2018

We’re in a #climate war, so why is #COP just once a year?

Dec 19, 2018

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Mini-grid developers get ready for debt capital to scale up access to clean energy

Microgrid Investment Accelerator plans to crowd in $115 million to connect 1.8 million people by 2023

Oct 17, 2017

Mini-grid developers get ready for debt capital to scale up access to clean energy

Oct 17, 2017

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Energizing Rural India

Waste biomass power set to surge in India

Solar energy has received most of the attention in India’s ongoing energy transition. But the country’s draft National Energy Policy (NEP)…

Jul 17, 2017

Waste biomass power set to surge in India

Jul 17, 2017

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WTF Lotería del Estado!?

My wife and I took our two sons to see a movie in Barcelona, and before the film started, an advertisement for Spain’s national lottery was…

Jul 16, 2017

WTF Lotería del Estado!?

Jul 16, 2017

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World Poor Leaders Eat near Davos

Glaris, Switzerland, Jan. 24 — Poor leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum (WEF) side event for the disenfranchised, “Eat 4.0”…

Jan 24, 2016

World Poor Leaders Eat near Davos

Jan 24, 2016

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Is Consumerism the Ultimate Climate Enemy?

COP21 ignores current economic growth model at its own peril

Nov 27, 2015

Is Consumerism the Ultimate Climate Enemy?

Nov 27, 2015

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Is Your “Smartphone” the Death of Wonder?

As is known by anyone with a smart phone (80% of the world by the end of this decade), mobile devices are the new arbiter of public…

May 7, 2015

Is Your “Smartphone” the Death of Wonder?

May 7, 2015

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Everything Water

Economy the Size of Russia’s Faces “End of Water”, World Yawns

California, the world’s 8th largest economy (bigger than U.N. Security Council member and nuclear power Russia and just barely smaller than…

Mar 15, 2015

Economy the Size of Russia’s Faces “End of Water”, World Yawns

Mar 15, 2015

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