February 4th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
The #1 impetus behind our cleantech revolution is climate change. To tag on to our own climate change stories, here
November 20th, 2012 | by Bob Higgins
We set another record last year, but not for the fastest mile, the most home runs, or a quintuple
November 19th, 2012 | by Joshua S Hill
A new report commissioned by the World Bank warns that our planet is on track towards a “4°C world” which
October 20th, 2012 | by Mridul Chadha
The Energy Authority of Maldives has announced the inception of $138 million renewable energy project which would generate 26
October 18th, 2012 | by Joshua S Hill
Life has changed somewhat dramatically for approximately 100,000 herder families across Mongolia after a new effort led by the
May 2nd, 2012 | by Silvio Marcacci
Kenya and Peru have joined the list of developing nations creating climate change laws for their own economies.
February 2nd, 2012 | by Susan Kraemer
Mexico, the world’s 15th biggest greenhouse gas emitter - and ravaged by its worst drought in 80 years - is close to passing legislation to create a domestic greenhouse gas emissions trading system able to cap and cut carbon emissions
February 1st, 2012 | by Zachary Hurwitz
The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a new lending instrument called Program-For-Results (P4R). The instrument is supposed to fund programs, not provide project finance, and is meant to work within a borrower's existing regulatory framework -- what the Bank calls a country systems approach
November 17th, 2011 | by Andrew
The World Bank's International Development Association's RERED program has brought solar power to more than 300,000 homes and small businesses in rural Bangladesh. With the addition of another $172 million credit facility, the IDA and its RERED partners intend to bring that to over a million
September 3rd, 2011 | by Andrew
With climate change, food and energy security prominent and increasingly urgent concerns in East Africa, Kenya and the regional African Rift Geothermal Development Facility are working to accelerate development of the region's vast geothermal energy resources, which are estimated to range between 7GW and 10GW in Kenya alone. Nineteen companies just submitted bids to Kenya's Geothermal Development Co. to develop eight 100MW geothermal power plants in the country's northwest. The government anticipates that geothermal power will supply 30% of the country's 15,000MW in additional generation capacity over the next 20 years.
May 26th, 2011 | by Glenn Meyers
Climate watchers in Brazil and the world can celebrate today’s official launch of a Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) center in Brazil. CPI Rio will focus on effective green and low carbon development policies in Brazil
April 5th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Following up on my first cleantech and politics roundup yesterday, here are 20 more great or important stories from the past day or so. I've decided to also bold the stories I think are the most worth checking out
November 23rd, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
The World Bank has been talking more and more about focusing its support on clean energy projects, and apparently it
September 17th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
Biofuel crops need space to grow, and space is expensive… in rich countries. In poor, developing countries, not so much.
September 15th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
The World Bank is supposedly changing its ways and putting more and more money into clean energy. This is what
