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India s Solar Man Sets Up Clean Energy Solution for People Living in Poverty
Chaudhuri’s solar energy project has transitioned to helping India cut carbon emissions.
By Moushumi Basu
KOLKATA, India, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India s rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a coworker s home in the Himalayan village of Herma in the early 1980s, he saw his chance. I was appalled to see how local communities were living in darkness after sunset, remembered Chaudhuri, 71, who then worked for the government in the northeastern state of Tripura.
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Panelists discuss natural gas, heat pumps during virtual talk
By Kendra Caruso | Apr 06, 2021
Source: Belfast Free Library Youtube video Panelists discuss natural gas and heat pumps as heat sources during a Zoom discussion hosted by the city s Climate Crisis Committee and Belfast Free Library March 29.
Belfast The city s Climate Crisis Committee and Belfast Free Library hosted a talk with four panelists March 29 called After Summit: How Do We Get to Carbon Neutrality by 2045? which looked at the relative merits of natural gas and heat pumps as heating sources.
It was prompted by Summit Natural Gas s proposing, then rescinding, its estimated $90 million natural gas pipeline expansion through the Midcoast. The roughly 30 people who attended the forum had the chance to ask panelists questions and share comments.
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World Bank Launches New Climate Change Action Plan to Boost Funds for Protecting the Planet
The organization wants to ensure half of all climate financing goes to adaptation.
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The global climate crisis is set to get much worse in the years ahead, impacting those living in poverty the most. The United Nations calls on countries and multilateral funds to invest in mitigation and adaptation efforts. You can join us in taking action on this issue here.
The World Bank has unveiled details of its new Climate Change Action Plan, which will increase financing for climate adaptation and mitigation around the world as part of its mission to reduce poverty and boost shared prosperity, according to an April 2 press release.
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