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Cambodia: Electricity Access Increased, Reliability Needs Improvement
While access to grid electricity has expanded in Cambodia to 71.5 percent, reliability of electricity supply can be improved, as nearly two-thirds of households...
As cities boom, forests key to meeting demands for water, food and energy
With two-thirds of the world’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, forests are critical part of the solution to the unprecedented...
Global energy demand grew by 2.1% in 2017- carbon emissions rose for the first time since 2014
Global energy demand rose by 2.1% in 2017, more than twice the previous year’s rate, boosted by strong global economic growth, with oil, gas...
Forum held in Kigali on increasing access to sustainable energy in East Africa
The Sustainable Energy Forum for East Africa took place between 19 and 21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. Over 400 high-level representatives from government,...
Energy has a role to play in achieving universal access to clean water and sanitation
The world has a water problem. More than 2.1 billion people drink contaminated water.  More than half the global population – about 4.5 billion people...
Sustainable energy at affordable prices precondition for prospering economies in OSCE region and beyond
Energy security, the protection of critical energy infrastructure, the development and integration of renewable energy and the best use of digitalization for energy security...
Belt and Road Initiative and China-Iran cooperation
Over the past two weeks, the National People’s Congress of China (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) were held in Beijing,...
Energy is at the heart of the sustainable development agenda to 2030
Three years ago, all countries of the world adopted 17 ambitious policy goals to end poverty, protect the planet, promote gender equality, or ensure...
Economic Growth in Gulf Region Set to Improve following a Weak Performance in 2017
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region witnessed another year of disappointing economic performance in 2017 but growth should improve in 2018 and 2019, according...
Ice Silk Road: From Dream to reality
Authors: Mahdi Torabi*, Vahid Pourtajrishi
The history of Silk Road backs to thousands years ago. The aim of creation of this route was linking China...