IRENA and IAEA to Help African Union Develop Continental Power Master Plan
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been selected as modelling partners for the development of the...
Japan PM Suga’s decision not to run for the LDP leadership race is hardly surprising
According to Shihoko Goto, Deputy Director for Geoeconomics and Senior Associate for Northeast Asia, Asia Program at The Wilson Center in Washington, DC, Suga’s decision...
Inside the 20-year campaign to rid the world of leaded fuel
On 9 December 1921 at a General Motors laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, chemists poured a teaspoonful of a compound called tetraethyl lead into a...
Civil Society Groups Across Asia demand the ADB recalibrate its Draft Energy Policy
Civil society groups across South, Southeast and Central Asia are raising the alarm as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gears up to announce a...
1 in 3 countries in the world lack any legally mandated standards for outdoor air quality
One-third of the world’s countries have no legally-mandated outdoor (ambient) air quality standards. Where such laws exist, standards vary widely and often misalign with...
Ghana To Reverse Land Degradation with World Bank Support
The World Bank today approved $103.4 million for Ghana to reverse land degradation and strengthen integrated natural resource management in about 3 million hectares...
COVID-19 New Mu variant could be more vaccine-resistant
A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being closely monitored by the...
Lao PDR: Economic Fallout from COVID-19 Deepened
Economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and from the efforts to contain it, deepened in Lao PDR over the second quarter of 2021 as...
Artificial Intelligence is Critical Enabler of the Energy Transition
The World Economic Forum has published a new study on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to accelerate a more equitable energy transition...
Ensuring the right to a nationality, more pressing than ever
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is more pressing than ever, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, as it...