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Q&A Bill Gates: Breakthrough Energy Coalition

At the start of the Paris Climate Change Conference (also known as COP21), Bill Gates announced the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, intended to provide early-stage financing to innovative companies in a clean-energy space.

To deliver on climate and development we need a new energy approach

The UN climate negotiations being held in Paris between November 30th and December 11th will play a fundamental role in shaping motivations, planning, financing and urgency of energy for the foreseeable future. It is vital that negotiators and key energy decision-makers elsewhere focus on the need to use all the tools at their disposal to bring about an energy revolution that avoids catastrophic climate change and delivers on global development priorities. This means embracing change and becoming friends with the idea that "small is beautiful", argues Aaron Leopold, global energy representative at Practical Action, an international development charity.

The Energy Africa campaign: a light-bulb moment?

Falling prices of solar-power technology and the need to provide electricity to 600m people are opening up major opportunities in Africa, argues Simon Trace, a consultant and writer on technology and development.

Addressing the challenge of energy access for refugees

A new report assesses the state of energy access in refugee camps. Now we must be ambitious in our response and move beyond piecemeal, partial solutions, argues Mary Willcox, Principal Consultant – Energy at Practical Action, an international development charity.

The Paris climate change talks: what will success look like?

As the Paris Climate Change Conference (also known as COP21) gets underway, The EIU's senior editor, Martin Koehring, examines what it will take for the talks to deliver ambitious outcomes that will have a real impact on tackling climate change.

Quantifying the cost of inaction

Investors face severe losses from the effects of climate change

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The economic impact of energy storage

The ability to store energy effectively has the potential to revolutionise the energy market – and the global economy too

Telecoms: Beyond Connectivity

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