Search | Zilient

1 - 20 of 149 results

Opinion-Smart, fair financing is master key to unlock energy access in Africa

Energy access – Apr 27, 2018

Solar panels are seen during the inauguration ceremony of a solar energy power plant in Zaktubi, near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 29, 2017.

East Africa a bright spot as world crawls towards energy goals

Energy access – May 2, 2018

A car is seen parked under solar panels at a solar carport at the Garden City shopping mall in Kenya's capital Nairobi, September 15, 2015.

Oil-rich Nigeria turns to renewable energy as population booms

Renewable energy – May 3, 2018

A generator is connected to electric sockets pinned to a wall in a house in Ikeja district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, August 10, 2017.

India’s renewable energy capacity exceeds coal for first time

Energy – May 4, 2018

via Quartz

Despite violence, Somalia eyes a clean energy future - UN envoy

Energy access – May 4, 2018

A mural on the wall of a shop illustrates electrical appliances, cosmetics and beverages in the Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia

Migrant workers sent $256 billion home to Asia-Pacific last year - UN

Remittances – May 7, 2018

ARCHIVE PHOTO: An employee checks dollar bills at a money changer in Manila March 28, 2012

Renewable energy jobs exceed 10 million

Renewable energy – May 9, 2018

via Forbes

California becomes first U.S. state to require solar panels on new homes

Renewable energy – May 9, 2018

Multiple homes with solar panels are shown in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 5, 2016. Picture taken October 5, 2016.

Solar power aids recovery in conflict-hit regions

Renewable energy – May 10, 2018

via United Nations Development Programme

Solar power could save water in thirsty Middle East, North Africa - researchers

Renewable energy – May 14, 2018

A thermosolar power plant is pictured at Noor II near the city of Ouarzazate, Morocco, November 4, 2016.

Solar energy could help combat antimicrobial resistance

Renewable energy – May 15, 2018

An emergency department of Nepal's oldest Bir hospital is seen deserted, after the hospital had to be closed due to damage in the building following a fresh 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Tuesday, in Kathmandu May 13, 2015.

Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders' children as drought deepens

Drought – Feb 8, 2017

Animals drink water pumped using solar energy in Pelekech village, Turkana County, Kenya, Jan. 9, 2017.

Cryptocurrency may light up renewable energy in Moldova

Renewable energy – May 17, 2018

Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 13, 2018.

Solar microgrids bolster Puerto Rico resilience ahead of hurricane season

Solar – May 22, 2018

via PV Magazine

Growth in aid funding slows for second year

Aid – Jun 19, 2018

Women hold food aid distributed by humanitarian institutions in Afrin, Syria March 20, 2018.

Microfinance could help African cities solve housing crisis - experts

Housing – Jul 12, 2018

A resident reacts as he attempts to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Kijiji slums in the Southlands estate of Nairobi, Kenya, January 28, 2018.

UBS puts Indian girls into school - and makes a profit

Education – Jul 13, 2018

A schoolgirl sits on the doorstep of a house as she waits to go to school at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, April 6, 2015.

In the Sahel, solar power can help ward off extremism - official

Renewable energy – Jul 17, 2018

A soldier stands guard in a camp in the city of Diffa during a visit by Niger's Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum following attacks by Boko Haram fighters in the region of Diffa, Niger, June 18, 2016.

Are the Caribbean's wealthy new citizens a lifeline or a liability?

Caribbean – Jul 19, 2018

People lounge at Mount Cinnamon Resort's beach club on Grand Anse beach in St. George's, the capital of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, June 1, 2018.

Involve women to improve green energy access in rural Africa

Renewable energy – Aug 1, 2018

via The Beam