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U.N. agency seeks to marry 'social good and profit making'

social enterprise – May 23, 2018

Men stand in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh September 4, 2014.

Caribbean set to ride "blue economy" wave, say economists

Economic development – Jun 1, 2018

A boy walks into the sea with his surfboard in Patillas, Puerto Rico, August 28, 2015.

U.S. cities team up to buy renewable energy

Renewable energy – Jun 11, 2018

via Boston Globe

Opinion-In Somalia, solar lamps are powering girls' education

Refugees – Jun 19, 2018

Rahma, 15, attends a school at the Towfiq IDP camp in Baidoa, Somalia. A solar lamp allows her to study after dark. 18 June 2018.

UK grocer first in Europe to use new trucks fuelled by food waste

Food – Feb 9, 2017

A Waitrose delivery vehicle drives along the M6 motorway near Knutsford, northern England, April 8, 2016.

Legal fight over Bali coal power plant illuminates Indonesia energy dilemma

Energy – Jun 27, 2018

Fisherman Iputu Gede Astawa stands by his boat on Muding beach, northern Bali, Indonesia, with the coal power plant in the background on June 8, 2018.

In hunt for clean jet fuel, South Africa swaps tobacco for weeds

Energy – Jun 27, 2018

A passenger jet prepares to land in Cape Town beneath a blue moon in partial eclipse on December 31, 2009.

Zilient Live: Reinventing islands as living labs for resilience

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Feb 22, 2019

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In the Sahel, solar power can help ward off extremism - official

Renewable energy – Jul 17, 2018

A soldier stands guard in a camp in the city of Diffa during a visit by Niger's Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum following attacks by Boko Haram fighters in the region of Diffa, Niger, June 18, 2016.

Opinion - Renewables revolution still needs public funding push

Climate finance – Jul 18, 2018

People wait for the bus on a cold polluted day in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia January 19, 2017.

Remote Greek isle switches off power cuts, lights up green energy

Islands – Jul 24, 2018

A wind turbine, battery storage and central control rooms at the renewable energy “Tilos Project”, are seen on the north coast of the Greek island of Tilos, June 15, 2018.

Caribbean islands plug into electric car revolution

Islands – Jul 25, 2018

Joanna Edghill, managing director of Megapower, poses for a portrait with one of her company's electric cars in Bridgetown, Barbados, June 5, 2018.

Saltwater treatment plant brings 'tasty tea' to Indian island

Water – Jul 25, 2018

Hidayathulla Chekkillakam, a government employee, inspects the desalination plant on Kavaratti island, the capital of India's Lakshadweep islands, May 6, 2018.

Smart move: English islands fight fuel poverty with clean energy

Renewable energy – Jul 25, 2018

Boats are moored in the harbour of Hugh Town on the Scilly isle of St. Mary's, Britain September 1, 2016.

In British Virgin Islands, hurricane whips up green energy transition

Renewable energy – Jul 31, 2018

Solar panels are pictured on an elderly home in Road Town, the capital, the of the British Virgin Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, June 7, 2018.

Involve women to improve green energy access in rural Africa

Renewable energy – Aug 1, 2018

via The Beam

New solar-reflecting film can cool homes without air con - scientists

Heat – Feb 10, 2017

In this 2006 file photo, a boy casts a shadow on a sunshade as he stands next to his father on a beach in Vina del Mar city, 85 miles (137 km) northwest of Santiago.

Former U.S. President Carter goes solar, helping power rural hometown

Solar – Feb 10, 2017

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a lecture, at the House of Lords in London, Britain February 3, 2016.

Opinion - Despite challenges, Green Climate Fund is critical to global action

Climate finance – Aug 15, 2018

Malawian subsistence farmer Rozaria Hamiton plants sweet potatoes near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016 (picture taken with fish eye lens)

Big cities vow to make buildings carbon neutral by 2050

Urban planning – Aug 23, 2018

The rising sun lights One World Trade as it stands over the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., November 2, 2016.