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		<title>IRENA and REN21 seal their cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memorandum of understanding signed by Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General of IRENA and Mohamed El-Ashry, Chairman of REN21 Abu Dhabi, 18 January 2012. REN21, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, and IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, have announced the signing of a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). “I am very pleased to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boosting Uganda clean cookstoves through training and mentoring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A five-year programme rewards entrepreneurship across East Africa by supporting micro-businesses to establish energy services and create employment opportunities in rural areas. Willy Bamwenyena, 25, stands out as a young resourceful entrepreneur, who has been able to identify the energy gap in his community, in rural Uganda, and turned the need into a business opportunity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REN21 at IRENA IITC Opening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article from the REN21 Newsletter &#8211; November 2011 Issue Photo Gallery &#8211; IRENA IITC Opening The official opening of the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) in Bonn, Germany was held on the 6th and 7th of October 2011 bringing together high level officials and representatives from industry, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural electrification professionals to be trained in West Africa in EU sponsored programme</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The launch of an EU sponsored programme training rural electrification operators in West Africa, took place in Bamako last week. Funded by the EU Energy Facility 2011, the 875,000 Euros programme will set up local training facilities to promote the electrification of rural areas through access to sustainable and modern energy services. The Malian Minister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewables 2011 Global Status Report &#8211; Outreach Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REN21 begins series of Outreach Events for its Renewables 2011 Global Status Report (GSR2011). The initiative aims at presenting key findings from the report, but also at giving the public a chance to engage and become part of the GSR community. The series started with a GSR2011 launch event in Suva, Fiji, initiated and coordinated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor turned hydro developer demonstrates energy needs in health</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A micro-hydro company that is to supply electricity to health centres in remote areas of Rwanda is a reminder of how critical energy access is for achieving the Millennium Development Goals – as the 2015 deadline approaches. But before the acclaimed universal access can be met, small energy enterprises in developing countries must overcome significant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of Japan Renewable Energy Foundation to pioneer Japan’s paradigm shift towards renewable energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Lins, REN21 Secretariat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, 12 September 2011. Today marks the founding of Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF). After the tragic events in Fukushima in March 2011, Masayoshi Son, Chairman &#38; CEO of SOFTBANK Corp., one of Japan’s leading telecommunication company, felt the need to initiate discussion about a paradigm shift of Japan’s energy sector and initiated the creation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investment trends in early 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Parvulescu, REN21 Secretariat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿Given the rush to complete a number of big investment transactions in the closing weeks of 2010 – in some cases to “catch” attractive subsidy deals before they expired – it was little surprise that activity in the first quarter of 2011 was relatively subdued. Financial new investment in renewable energy totaled $31 billion, down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDKN releases new Policy Brief: Climate change and poverty reduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDKN’s new Policy Brief on vlimate change and poverty reduction outlines the impacts of climate change on achieving and sustaining development goals. It reviews the evidence gap on climate effects on poverty, and recommends how to ensure effective development in the face of climate change. The brief, written by Simon Anderson, Head of Climate Change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improved energy business prospects in Uganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GVEP International</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A five-year programme continues to support micro businesses in East Africa to scale up in a way that boosts local economies while promoting the sustainable management of natural resources and reducing poverty. Three years ago Jude Kabanda began his business and Community Based Organisation, Friends of the Environement (FEO). Operating from Makindye, a suburb of [...]]]></description>
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