Parliamentarians Seek to Address Post-COVID ‘Tsunami’ of Health System Problems 28/11/2022 Maayan Hoffman “There is this tsunami that is happening after the earthquake that was COVID-19 that is now coming to shore and hitting health systems across the world,” said Ricardo Baptista Leite, president and founder of UNITE, a global network of parliamentarians committed to addressing global health challenges. “The pandemic also led to a huge economic crisis […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuels Cast Dark Shadow Over Tanzania’s Green Future 25/11/2022 Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Issa Abdul’s desperate urge for solar power began when he realised a smoke-spewing generator at his barber shop was costing him too much. “Solar power is very cheap. I regret spending my money on this fuel-guzzling machine,” he told Health Policy Watch. The 32-year-old barber in Tanzania’s port city spent […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> As WTO Considers Patent Waiver on COVID Treatments, Some Say it is Too Late 24/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Little agreement emerged from an informal World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on Tuesday about whether an intellectual property (IP) waiver should be extended to COVID-19 therapeutics and diagnostics. But low and middle-income countries (LMIC) that qualify for free COVID-19 anti-virals Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) and Molnupiravir have shown so little interest in accepting donations that some question […] Continue reading -> Half WHO’s Senior Leadership Team to Leave in Huge Geneva Shake-up 22/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Half of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 16-member senior leadership team at the Geneva headquarters will leave the global body at the end of November, including Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General for access to medicines and health products. The announcement of the departure of the eight senior leaders was […] Continue reading -> Russian Airstrikes in Ukraine: the ‘Largest Attack’ on Health Care in Europe Since World War II, says WHO 21/11/2022 Stefan Anderson As the first snows fall across Ukraine, World Health Organization officials in Kyiv warn the coming winter will be “life-threatening for millions” of Ukrainians. At a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, WHO’s European Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge called the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy and medical infrastructure “the largest attack on health care […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Fossil Fuels Cast Dark Shadow Over Tanzania’s Green Future 25/11/2022 Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Issa Abdul’s desperate urge for solar power began when he realised a smoke-spewing generator at his barber shop was costing him too much. “Solar power is very cheap. I regret spending my money on this fuel-guzzling machine,” he told Health Policy Watch. The 32-year-old barber in Tanzania’s port city spent […] Continue reading -> COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> As WTO Considers Patent Waiver on COVID Treatments, Some Say it is Too Late 24/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Little agreement emerged from an informal World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on Tuesday about whether an intellectual property (IP) waiver should be extended to COVID-19 therapeutics and diagnostics. But low and middle-income countries (LMIC) that qualify for free COVID-19 anti-virals Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) and Molnupiravir have shown so little interest in accepting donations that some question […] Continue reading -> Half WHO’s Senior Leadership Team to Leave in Huge Geneva Shake-up 22/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Half of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 16-member senior leadership team at the Geneva headquarters will leave the global body at the end of November, including Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General for access to medicines and health products. The announcement of the departure of the eight senior leaders was […] Continue reading -> Russian Airstrikes in Ukraine: the ‘Largest Attack’ on Health Care in Europe Since World War II, says WHO 21/11/2022 Stefan Anderson As the first snows fall across Ukraine, World Health Organization officials in Kyiv warn the coming winter will be “life-threatening for millions” of Ukrainians. At a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, WHO’s European Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge called the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy and medical infrastructure “the largest attack on health care […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
COP27: Diplomatic Baby Steps amid Mounting Humanitarian Crises 24/11/2022 Paula Dupraz-Dobias (SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt via The New Humanitarian) – Climate justice played a central role at COP27, where the snail’s pace of progress on addressing the climate emergency once again stood in stark contrast to the realities on disaster front lines. Negotiators and policymakers emerged from the annual summit in Egypt hailing a breakthrough on so-called […] Continue reading -> As WTO Considers Patent Waiver on COVID Treatments, Some Say it is Too Late 24/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Little agreement emerged from an informal World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on Tuesday about whether an intellectual property (IP) waiver should be extended to COVID-19 therapeutics and diagnostics. But low and middle-income countries (LMIC) that qualify for free COVID-19 anti-virals Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) and Molnupiravir have shown so little interest in accepting donations that some question […] Continue reading -> Half WHO’s Senior Leadership Team to Leave in Huge Geneva Shake-up 22/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Half of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 16-member senior leadership team at the Geneva headquarters will leave the global body at the end of November, including Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General for access to medicines and health products. The announcement of the departure of the eight senior leaders was […] Continue reading -> Russian Airstrikes in Ukraine: the ‘Largest Attack’ on Health Care in Europe Since World War II, says WHO 21/11/2022 Stefan Anderson As the first snows fall across Ukraine, World Health Organization officials in Kyiv warn the coming winter will be “life-threatening for millions” of Ukrainians. At a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, WHO’s European Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge called the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy and medical infrastructure “the largest attack on health care […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
As WTO Considers Patent Waiver on COVID Treatments, Some Say it is Too Late 24/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Little agreement emerged from an informal World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on Tuesday about whether an intellectual property (IP) waiver should be extended to COVID-19 therapeutics and diagnostics. But low and middle-income countries (LMIC) that qualify for free COVID-19 anti-virals Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) and Molnupiravir have shown so little interest in accepting donations that some question […] Continue reading -> Half WHO’s Senior Leadership Team to Leave in Huge Geneva Shake-up 22/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Half of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 16-member senior leadership team at the Geneva headquarters will leave the global body at the end of November, including Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General for access to medicines and health products. The announcement of the departure of the eight senior leaders was […] Continue reading -> Russian Airstrikes in Ukraine: the ‘Largest Attack’ on Health Care in Europe Since World War II, says WHO 21/11/2022 Stefan Anderson As the first snows fall across Ukraine, World Health Organization officials in Kyiv warn the coming winter will be “life-threatening for millions” of Ukrainians. At a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, WHO’s European Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge called the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy and medical infrastructure “the largest attack on health care […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Half WHO’s Senior Leadership Team to Leave in Huge Geneva Shake-up 22/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Half of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 16-member senior leadership team at the Geneva headquarters will leave the global body at the end of November, including Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and Dr Mariângela Simão, Assistant Director-General for access to medicines and health products. The announcement of the departure of the eight senior leaders was […] Continue reading -> Russian Airstrikes in Ukraine: the ‘Largest Attack’ on Health Care in Europe Since World War II, says WHO 21/11/2022 Stefan Anderson As the first snows fall across Ukraine, World Health Organization officials in Kyiv warn the coming winter will be “life-threatening for millions” of Ukrainians. At a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, WHO’s European Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge called the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy and medical infrastructure “the largest attack on health care […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Russian Airstrikes in Ukraine: the ‘Largest Attack’ on Health Care in Europe Since World War II, says WHO 21/11/2022 Stefan Anderson As the first snows fall across Ukraine, World Health Organization officials in Kyiv warn the coming winter will be “life-threatening for millions” of Ukrainians. At a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, WHO’s European Regional Director Dr Hans Kluge called the Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy and medical infrastructure “the largest attack on health care […] Continue reading -> What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
What about Debt Cancellation to Help Prevent Future Pandemics? 21/11/2022 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a ‘pandemic treaty’ are starting in earnest within weeks as the World Health Organization (WHO) distributed the first ‘zero-sum’ conceptual draft of the agreement to member states on Friday – but one of the biggest conundrums is how to pay to mitigate the next pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact […] Continue reading -> COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
COP27 Agrees to Create a ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund; but Falls Short on Mitigation Ambition 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Maayan Hoffman SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – In a historic first, delegates to the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP27, agreed Sunday to create a “loss and damage” fund to assist countries suffering from the impact of the climate crisis, concluding a meeting that went into two days of overdrive, with negotiations day and night. They also added […] Continue reading -> Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Loss and Damage Negotiations in Overdrive; Right to ‘Healthy Environment’ Drops Out 19/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Stefan Anderson SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT – Michael Terungwa, a solar entrepreneur in Abuja, Nigeria, will know that real progress is being made on climate change when things change in his hometown. When the 10-20% in customs and tariffs that he pays for cheap, imported Chinese solar panels are removed; when his customers’ solar purchases are subsidized […] Continue reading -> New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
New ‘E-Cooking’ Technologies Could Reduce Climate Change and Save Lives from Air Pollution 18/11/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Electric cooking is becoming more attainable for households in Africa, and BioLPG, a climate-neutral alternative to propane, could be a cost-effective replacement to the fossil fuel variant for household cooking in some developing countries, say experts at COP27, the global climate talks. The spoke at a panel session on tackling […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts