Project Drawdown’s Scientific Plan to Stop Climate Change
It’s difficult to know what matters amid the barrage of voices pitching plans to fight climate change. To simplify, Project Drawdown have reduced the proposals to one criterion:...
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Climate Tech Takes a Starring Role at COP28
Climate technology is taking a starring role at CoP28, the latest…
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An Engineer’s Guide to Success as a Sanitation…
Lindelani Xaba works with sanitation entrepreneurs to support them in scaling…
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Seven Barriers Impede the Transition to Clean Cooking…
China, India, Indonesia and other countries have taken strides towards embracing…
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How ChatGPT Might Help the World’s Poorest and…
ChatGPT has been touted as a tool that is going to…
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Why Ugandans Avoid Refrigerating Produce (and How to…
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How to Build a Vertical Aquaponic System
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Africa’s Nascent Medtech Sector Innovates Through Its Challenges
Dr. Moses Ochora was on night duty on a cold morning…
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Why Cash Is the Best Way to Help…
Heavy rainfall from Storm Daniel caused dams and bridges to collapse…
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PayGo’s Acquisition Heats Up Clean Cooking Tech in…
Sun King’s recent acquisition of PayGo Energy represents a decisive advancement…
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Climate Week Offers Solutions to Six Failures in…
Climate Action is enshrined in only one of the 17 Sustainable…
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Morocco’s Earthquake Wasn’t Unexpected – Building Codes Must…
More than 2,000 people died when a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco…
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Amish Parashar’s Five Tips for Social Entrepreneurs
Amish Parashar offers five tips to engineers and entrepreneurs in the…
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The Latest SDG Report Cannot Say What Needs…
The United Nations has its hands tied. Here are some of…
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Protected: Research Brief: A VRF System with Heat…
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Three ISHOW USA 2023 Winners Bring New Tech…
A better low-tech shea nut roaster, a hand-cranked handle for pasteurizing…
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Solar Manufacture in Africa May Turbocharge the Energy…
In May, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a special report: The…
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Solar Microgrids Can Ease the Philippines’ Energy Crisis
The Philippines is facing an energy crisis, and solar micro-grids are…
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Off Track and Not Enough Data: SDG Report…
The UN’s latest Sustainable Development Goals Report delivers bleak news for…
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How Engineers Can Engage More Effectively in Public…
Public policy affects the work of engineers of all disciplines, no…
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GSS Summed Up: Roadmaps Are Needed to Meet…
Detailed ‘roadmaps’ are needed if low- and middle-income countries are to…
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Three Social Innovations Win ISHOW Kenya 2023
An ethanol production process for agricultural waste, a non-invasive vein locator,…
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Research Brief: Trends and Recommendations for Engineers in…
Using questionnaires and focus groups, we gathered data from practitioners describing…
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Farmers Worldwide Face a Soaring Risk of Flash…
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong…
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ASME ISHOW Innovation Accelerator Announces Eight Finalists in…
A greenhouse gas filter for diesel engines, modular quick-build homes and…
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Research Brief: Reduce Costs in Offshore Wind Projects…
A big chunk of the cost of offshore wind energy generation…
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African Digital Innovators Are Turning Plastic Waste into…
Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020,…
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Adopting a Sustainability Mindset
Engineers can change the world, but what must change first is…
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Project Drawdown’s Scientific Plan to Stop Climate Change
It’s difficult to know what matters amid the barrage of voices…
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Audio: Data-Driven Design of Off-Grid Solar Home Systems
Experts in solar energy system design guide us through a case…
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UN STI Policy Brief: Mobilizing the Technical Workforce…
The worldwide engineering workforce is largely unprepared to support the goals…
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Lessons Learned Building a Plastic Recycling Startup in…
Since 2020, Takataka Plastics has transformed Uganda’s discarded bottles and packaging…
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E4C Welcomes 65 Talented Fellows
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A Startup in Nairobi Cuts Carbon in Construction…
Construction, and the concrete and steel used in buildings, account for…
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ChemFinity’s Membrane Prototypes Could Replace Mercury in Gold…
ChemFinity is one of this year’s Promising Prototypes to Watch in…
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Makerere Collaboration: 25 Products and Prototypes Cataloged for…
Illuminate Dermoscope wound screener, Tampostat low-cost post-partum hemorrhage treatment, Saans neonatal breathing disorder treatment,…
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Inspired TED Talks to Energize Engineers
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Three Startups Developing Agriculture, Water and Sanitation Solutions…
A manhole monitor, upgraded grow lights and a natural water purifier…
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GenH Converts Dams into Low-Impact, Low-Cost Power Generators
GenH’s Adaptive Hydro is one of E4C’s Promising Prototypes to Watch…
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Sendea Turns Untrained Rural Techs into Solar Entrepreneurs
Editor’s note: The following article is adapted from Sun-Connect News, the…
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Darcy Solutions Is Upgrading Geothermal Energy Production
A US clean energy startup is developing energy production systems that…
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