Robert Hacker, CFO of One Laptop Per Child Association (OLPC), presented yesterday, 10 August, the educational approach and the environment-friendly features of its computers in a brownbag lunch at ADB headquarters. OLPC has deployed 2 million PCs through projects in 46 countries in 25 languages. Laptop batteries can be charged through solar panels. The laptops are made [...]
The Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Ministry of Environment (MoE), Government of Nepal (GoN) and Center for Energy Studies (CES), Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University (TU) are jointly organizing the 3rd International Conference on “Addressing Climate Change for Sustainable Development through Up-scaling Renewable Energy Technology” (RETRUD-011). Following the successful 1st International Conference (RETRUD-98) [...]
The Clean Energy Expo Asia 2011 Conference program is developed in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS). The Conference focuses on the business, finance, policy and commercialization aspects and brings together the leading players in the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development [...]
WISIONS, an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute, has been actively promoting the introduction of sustainable energy solutions and resource efficiency since its inception in 2004. The aim of its newly developed Technology Radar is to give a comprehensive overview of the existing renewable energy technologies and their possible future contribution to meeting basic energy [...]
Business as usual is not an option in developing countries Inclusive business models aim to go beyond philanthropy and corporate social responsibility to find synergies between development goals and a company’s core business operations. The world is experiencing a historic shift of economic and political power from the traditional industrialised countries to the so-called developing [...]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to help the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) scale up the use of biomass waste in the agriculture sector to meet its growing need for clean energy and food security for poor rural households. The ADB Board of Directors has approved a regional technical assistance project that [...]
Lighting the Hopes of the Gridless From Lenin to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 20th-century political leaders made the provision of universal electricity a centerpiece of their programs and oratory. “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country,” one slogan went. Or, in the case of F.D.R.’s Tennessee Valley Authority, “T.V.A.: Electricity For All.” [...]
Through the Rural Energy & Climate Initiative, ADB and Energy for All partner Nexus brought together project developers and financers during a three-day workshop in Siem Reap on 11-13 July 2011 to discuss how to make clean energy affordable for the poor. The workshop included a project marketplace and competition where developers were given the [...]
Social and environmental entrepreneurs who can demonstrate innovation, leadership and sustainability have the chance to win expert assistance and support for their sustainable development initiatives in the 2011 SEED Awards. The SEED Initiative – hosted by the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) – is a global partnership for action on the Green [...]
The Asian Development Bank and Energy for All published a report on Viet Nam´s success story of rural electrification. According to ADB, Viet Nam provides valuable lessons in effective rural electrification. The national utility, Vietnam Electricity, estimates that in 1975, electrification among poor households in the country was no more than 2.5%. Yet in a [...]
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