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            <title> The GEAR Framework: Measuring how renewable energy boosts climate resilience in agriculture </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The GEAR (Growth through Energy Agriculture and Resilience) Framework, developed jointly by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), provides an integrated, practical tool for measuring climate resilience enabled by decentralised renewable energy (DRE) in agriculture. Designed for programme implementers, donors and climate financiers, the framework bridges the historically siloed sectors of energy access, ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aligning the scenarios underpinning national energy and climate plans is essential to ensure sound policy direction in the transition to renewable energy. While these planning processes have traditionally been developed separately, they are becoming increasingly interconnected, as both shape decarbonisation pathways. Without alignment, countries risk sending conflicting policy signals and creating uncertainty for stakeholders. At the same time, climate planning extends beyond the energy sector, ...]]></description>
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            <title>Advancing women’s economic opportunities in the solar energy sector</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transitions to renewable energy are a key element of energy security and are vital for low-carbon development. They also have important implications for people’s livelihoods and well-being. In 2024, at least 16.6-million people were directly or indirectly employed in the sector. The transition to renewable energy is expected to lead to the net creation of jobs, with solar photovoltaics (PV) leading this expansion. Women are underrepresented in the solar sector and are more likely to be employed in lower-paid, non-technical and administrative positions than in technical, managerial or policy-making roles. This risks largely excluding women from the income- and employment-generating gains of a low-carbon, renewable energy future.]]></description>
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            <title>The 2026 LGE Manifestos: Buyer Beware</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s 2026 Local Government Elections (LGE), scheduled for 4th November, take place in a challenging municipal governance environment. Almost three decades after the adoption of the Constitution, local government still faces significant challenges, including declining municipal performance, weak financial management, deteriorating infrastructure, and growing public dissatisfaction with basic service delivery.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two years after the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), this report provides an independent assessment of the implementation of 120 policy commitments made by the coalition government. The assessment tracks progress across five critical areas: Economy, Governance, Corruption, Climate Change, and Social Services. The findings present a mixed picture of progress. The GNU achieved an overall assessment score of 34%, with 64 commitments currently In Progress, 4 Implemented, and 52 Not Commenced. Notably, none of the commitments assessed was classified as Broken.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections, the Electoral Commission (IEC) introduced the Electoral Code of Conduct on Countering Disinformation. The Code applies to political parties and candidates contesting the election and sets out what they may and may not do when it comes to spreading false or misleading information, online and offline, from the date it took effect until the election results are declared. The IEC uses the Real411 platform for reporting of disinformation once spotted. The platform is administered by Moxii Africa, which has the requisite capacity to independently investigate complaints of disinformation, and recommend remediation to the IEC and digital platforms.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[When the European Settlers arrived in what is today known as the United States of America, they found a country owned and occupied by various nationalities, together constituting the indigenous Native Americans, wrongly called Indians. As they fought to defend their country, the Native American Nationalities were defeated after a violent conflict which stretched over two centuries, resulting in what amounted to a genocide. Those who survived, deprived of their country, were condemned to live in ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor (TCTC), also known as the Middle Corridor, is a developing network of rail freight, maritime shipping, and cargo handling connections linking markets in East Asia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Türkiye, and the rest of Europe. Considering the TCTC’s unique length and multimodal, multipurpose nature; the large number of host and terminus countries that comprise it; and the significant economic opportunity that the integration of these markets represents, ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[White phosphorus munitions produce fire when their chemical contents react with oxygen. Due to their incendiary effects, these munitions cause painful and penetrating burns as well as respiratory damage and organ failure. Individuals who survive initial exposure experience long-term physical, psychological, and socioeconomic harm. The use of airburst white phosphorus munitions over populated areas, such as Israel’s attacks in southern Lebanon from 2023-2026, is indiscriminate and violates ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This snapshot is based on a survey of 29 international and national NGOs conducted in the first week of September and covering the previous six months, from March through August 2026. While the results do not capture every NGO operating in the West Bank, they reflect the persistently constrained operating environment and impact on Palestinian communities. Israeli policies in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are pushing Palestinians deeper into humanitarian crisis. State-backed settler violence is escalating sharply, targeting Palestinians in their homes, on the roads and on their land. Combined with military raids, settlement expansion, demolitions and movement restrictions, these policies and practices are further consolidating annexation of the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing communities and making it increasingly difficult for Palestinians to remain on their land.]]></description>
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