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April 30, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
The Great Green Wall of Africa

This is a guest post by Kyle Benjamin Schneps; a dual master’s degree candidate at Columbia University specializing in international security policy and global health initiatives. He is currently com…

A dried up river filled with sand winds its way across the desert near Gos Beida in eastern Chad June 5, 2008.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

November 9, 2009

China
China’s ’Green Sputnik’?

Last month I testified before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China in Washington, D.C. The commission, which is co-chaired by Senator Byron L. Dorgan and Representative Sander M. Levin, mo…

Blog Post by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound

December 15, 2009

China
Green Innovation

Two good new articles--Evan Osnos in the New Yorker and Shai Oster in Wall Street Journal-- address the question of China’s innovative capabilities in green technologies. Both come out at about the s…

Blog Post by Adam Segal Asia Unbound

June 17, 2014

Energy and Environment
Leading Green Finance in Bolivia

Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is by Heidi Sumser, senior associate…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Terra Lawson-Remer Development Channel

April 25, 2019

Americas
China's Green Investments Won't Undo Its Environmental Damage to Latin America

While solar panels, electric buses, and wind turbines emerge, fossil fuel usage and demand for commodities continue to degrade Latin America’s environment.

An aerial view shows a deforested area of the Amazon jungle in southeast Peru caused by illegal mining during a police operation to destroy illegal machinery and equipment used by wildcat miners in Madre de Dios, Peru, February 19, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment