Tag: Non-profit

Wind sector presents recommendations to turn innovation into industrial competitiveness
Europe

Wind sector presents recommendations to turn innovation into industrial competitiveness

Press Release – 16 April 2025 – The European Technology & Innovation Platform on Wind energy (ETIPWind) released a sector-wide strategy to maximise the impact of Europe’s funding for wind research and innovation (R&I). The sector calls on the EU to establish a European Fund for Wind Research & Competitiveness under the next EU budget. The Fund should safeguard the competitiveness of the European wind … Continue reading Wind sector presents recommendations to turn innovation into industrial competitiveness

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New Guideline Aims to Transform Obesity Care for Children and Adolescents
Global

New Guideline Aims to Transform Obesity Care for Children and Adolescents

First Canadian update in nearly 20 years prioritizes improvements in health and quality of life over weight loss outcomes.  Press Release – April 14, 2025 – EDMONTON, AB – Healthcare providers and families have a new roadmap to support collaborative, fully-informed, evidence-based care for children and adolescents living with obesity, thanks to a new clinical practice guideline published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.  The … Continue reading New Guideline Aims to Transform Obesity Care for Children and Adolescents

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GOGLA and IKEA
Europe

GOGLA and IKEA Foundation unveil new resources to enhance off-grid solar’s climate impact

Press Release – Barbados, 13th March 2025 – Today, at the Sustainable Energy for All Global Summit, GOGLA, the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry, launched three key resources to better evaluate and enhance off-grid solar technologies’ contribution to climate resilience and adaptation: Off-Grid Solar Resilience and Adaptation Framework (beta version),  Off-Grid Solar Resilience and Adaptation Sector Guidance, and the  Powering Climate Resilience: … Continue reading GOGLA and IKEA Foundation unveil new resources to enhance off-grid solar’s climate impact

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Lever for Change
United States

Lever for Change Meets Major Milestone: $2.5 Billion in Philanthropic Funding Influenced

The Chicago-based nonprofit marks a major milestone in effort to connect donors with high-impact solutions and sets a new $10 billion goal for 2030. Press Release – CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES – MARCH 6, 2025: Lever for Change, a nonprofit affiliate of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announces it has facilitated $2.5 billion in philanthropic funding since its founding in 2019. The organization, … Continue reading Lever for Change Meets Major Milestone: $2.5 Billion in Philanthropic Funding Influenced

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2022-2024 Impact Report (March 2025)
Europe

2022-2024 Impact Report (March 2025)

Source : ICVA – Posted 21 Mar 2025 – Origin View original Executive Summary The 2030 Strategy of the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) was finalised in 2021 just before the end of the last strategic cycle. The approach taken was to divide the ICVA’s 2030 long-term strategy into shorter, three-year periods during which ICVA would define strategic priorities, ensuring an adapted, evolving journey … Continue reading 2022-2024 Impact Report (March 2025)

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Over 500,000 people demand oil & gas companies pay for climate damages
Europe

Over 500,000 people demand oil & gas companies pay for climate damages

Press Release – Cape Town, February 28, 2024 – Greenpeace Africa delivered on Friday 28th February a global petition on behalf of more than half a million people, calling on governments to force fossil fuel companies to “stop their climate wrecking activities” and “repair and pay for the damage they have caused.” The petition was handed over to a coalition of 17 countries and groups currently reviewing … Continue reading Over 500,000 people demand oil & gas companies pay for climate damages

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Europe

AFD and SEforALL strengthen their partnership to accelerate universal energy access in Africa

Cape Town, February 26, 2025 – On the sidelines of the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) 2025, the Agence française de développement (AFD) and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) announce the signing of a statement of intent to strengthen their collaboration in accelerating universal access to sustainable and affordable energy in sub-Saharan Africa. This initiative is part of Mission 300, a large-scale program led by … Continue reading AFD and SEforALL strengthen their partnership to accelerate universal energy access in Africa

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Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind
Europe

Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind. But not enough new wind farms being built. Urgent action needed on permitting, grids and electrification

Wind energy was 20% of all the electricity consumed in Europe. But Europe is not building enough new wind farms. The EU built only 13 GW last year, well below the 30 GW a year it needs to meet its 2030 energy targets. There are 3 problems: (a) most Governments are not applying the new EU permitting rules; (b) new grid connections are delayed; and … Continue reading Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind. But not enough new wind farms being built. Urgent action needed on permitting, grids and electrification

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EdSource
United States

EdSource Announces New CEO

Press Release – December 19, 2024 – OAKLAND, Calif. – EdSource, a nonprofit journalism organization focused on education in California, announced that it has hired a new CEO, Deborah Clark, who will start Jan. 6, 2025. “I’m thrilled to join the EdSource team” Post this Clark has spent an award-winning career in mission-driven storytelling, both as a journalist and as an executive. For many years she … Continue reading EdSource Announces New CEO

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