Category: Energy and health

2021 Ashden Awards tackle global climate challenges

Entries for the 2021 Ashden Awards have opened – with international categories promoting innovation in energy access, natural climate solutions and sustainable cooling for low-income

Fair Cooling Fund pledges $580,000 to protect the most vulnerable

A new fund is giving grants totalling $580,000 to enable sustainable cooling for those most at risk from extreme heat. As global temperatures climb, roughly

Hot Buildings Mean Pain And Poverty. Time For Low-Cost Cooling Solutions

By Sophia Wells, Ashden The costs of a rapidly changing climate, particularly rising temperatures, fall hardest on already marginalised people. The heat challenges they face

Sustainable urban cooling: webinar recording

One billion people lack access to cooling. How can cities protect people from extreme heat – while avoiding energy use that further drives emissions?

11 climate innovations to put quest for SDGs back on track

Low-carbon innovation is an important tool in our bid to reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 – not only because one of those

The world after crisis: councils look to build a green recovery

By Simon Brammer, head of cities at Ashden, and Simeran Bachra, UK cities manager at CDP This piece first appeared at Room 151 Across the country,

An appeal | Zero carbon schools

The goal of zero carbon by 2030 is an ambitious one, but it would be entirely impossible to achieve without programmes such as LESS CO2.

Climate summits must focus on solutions

Ashden plans solutions hub for London Climate Action Week

Humanitarian Energy Award: today’s short-term approach fails refugees

Collaboration will unlock progress

Ashden transport awards: can world back up plans to ditch fossil fuels?

Broad pledges and decade-away targets are not enough

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