Articles in Energy & Climate

Bernice Notenboom

The points of no return

14 May 2013
Our world is potentially heading for irreversible climate change that will have a huge impact on everyday life. Explorer, climate journalist and TV-presenter Bernice Notenboom has witnessed the effects of these changing circumstances. She shares her experiences with audiences all over the world, to create more awareness of the major consequences they promise to have. ‘We need to act fast!’ read more
Energy & Climate
A micro hydrodam along the Mhakuhou River in East Sumba supplies 105 homes with electricity.

100% renewable energy on Sumba

26 March 2013
Energy & Climate | Food & Agriculture
Lloyd Stevens

Skipping to green

25 March 2013
Is there a way to enhance energy efficiency and generate clean reliable power in countries that are struggling in the current economic climate? According to Lloyd Stevens, director of Finance in Motion, there is: ‘Just make sure its value is visible.’ read more
Energy & Climate | Housing & Infrastructure
Pavan Sukhdev

A corporation should be more than a money cow

28 February 2013
We need a new market system according to Pavan Sukhdev, founder/CEO of GIST Advisory. A market that is not set on just financial success but for once focuses on the whole picture. And the former banker is getting a head start. By putting a value on impacts on natural and human capital, for example. read more
Energy & Climate | General | Responsible finance | 1
With winter approaching, the October nights and mornings are freezing cold. The workers, mostly Mongolian, live in about fifty on-site gers (traditional Mongolian nomadic houses) during the project which is being executed by Clean Energy LLC, a subsidiary of a leading Mongolian company, Newcom Group.

Wind blowing in the right direction

15 November 2012
Energy & Climate | Sustainable development
Eco Tuk

Cleaning the air tuk by tuk

10 October 2012
One of the most polluting forms of transport on this planet is about to become the most green way to get around. Thanks to one frustrated traveller, a handful of bright students and a foundation, the Asian rickshaws are now turning green. read more
Energy & Climate | Housing & Infrastructure
The construction of an anaerobic biodigester which, fed with animal dung and other organic waste, produces methane gas which can be used for both cooking and lighting.

Home Grown Energy

22 May 2012
Energy & Climate
Manoj_Goyal

‘Water (em)powers our future’

13 April 2012
A group of Nepalese had a dream about a future with clean energy. The first step towards realising this dream was taken in 2006 with the foundation of the Clean Energy Development Bank. CEO Manoj Goyal has this to say about the special approach: ‘We generate awareness in people regarding clean energy and build bridges between local energy needs and international support.’ read more
Energy & Climate | Sustainable development
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