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An affordable housing development in Spain that's energy efficient.

Catalonia’s housing revolution: Where affordability meets sustainability

An alternative housing system is emerging across the region and it could create a global blueprint.

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How Finland won the war on homelessness (mostly)

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How India is providing a lifeline to struggling farmers amid its solar push

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How this entrepreneur is slashing grocery costs and waste in South Africa’s townships

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Western Australia’s new solar redistribution policy

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Pedestrian zone on Bute Street in Cardiff, UK. Cardiff is the capital of Wales, which has a law in place that requires government policies to consider future generations.

Lessons from Wales’ future generations law

For the past decade, a groundbreaking law has required all public bodies in Wales to consider the long-term impact of their decisions.
Three men install a rooftop solar system. These systems reduce the energy burden experienced by low-income households, a study has found.

Massachusetts home-electrification pilot could offer a national model

The turnkey programme provides solar, heat pumps, and batteries to households that couldn’t otherwise afford them.
A shack in an informal settlement with a solar panel on the roof.

In numbers: Africa’s off-grid solar revolution is boosting electricity access

Mini-grids and household solar solutions now account for more than half of all new electricity connections in sub-Saharan Africa.
A coal miner working underground

Collie’s just transition: A blueprint for ​the world’s 8 million coal workers?

The Western Australian community offers a promising example of how to survive – and even thrive in – through the energy transition.
The flag of Bangladesh superimposed over a solar farm.

How Bangladesh rolled out the world’s largest off-grid solar programme

Between 2003 and 2018, the country's Solar Home Systems programme reached 14% of the population, with 4.1 million systems installed.
An image of fog farming, a technology that helps beat droughts.

Droughts are getting worse. Is fog-farming a fix?

Tapping low-hanging clouds could be a cheap way to boost dwindling water supplies, according to new research.
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