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Meron Tesfamichael

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Joined June 2011
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Africa faces numerous intertwined challenges across climate, energy and development. But Africa also has the solutions: justtransitionafrica.org/ #AfricaJustTransition #AfricaDay2023 @ClimateEnvoyKe @FadhelKaboub @ElizabethSPress @YacobMulugetta @ColinBesaans @MroMikel
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UCL News@uclnews16 May 2023
UK consumers paid high energy costs while electricity generators saw enormous increases in revenues beyond their costs during the 2022 energy crisis, finds a new report by Dr Serguey Maximov & @MichaelGrubb9 @UCL_ISR @UCL_Energy @TheBartlettUCL ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/may/cons…
Consumers paid billions more for energy while providers increased revenues | UCL News

Consumers paid billions more for energy while providers increased revenues | UCL News

Consumers paid high energy costs while electricity generators saw enormous increases in revenues beyond their costs, finds a new report by UCL researchers that traces the revenues of the UK’s...

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Pair Is Charged With Plotting to ‘Destroy Baltimore’ by Attacking Electrical Grid nytimes.com/2023/02/06/us/po…
Pair Is Charged With Plotting to ‘Destroy Baltimore’ by Attacking Electrical Grid (Published 2023)

Pair Is Charged With Plotting to ‘Destroy Baltimore’ by Attacking Electrical Grid (Published 2023)

The charges came as experts have warned that the energy grid and electrical substations in particular have become popular targets for far-right extremists.

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Julia Tomei@juliatomei122 Aug 2022
We're hiring! An exciting opportunity to work with @MroMikel @juliatomei1 @watsonjim2 @st_pye @YacobMulugetta on @ResearchCcg supporting transitions to climate compatible growth. Apply here by 31/08 bit.ly/3PKJSiK
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Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’ nytimes.com/2022/07/24/world…
Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’ (Published 2022)

Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’ (Published 2022)

Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they’re being auctioned off for drilling.

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Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars

Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars

Companies supplying major manufacturers fail to meet promises to share land, joint BBC investigation finds.

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Investors Are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price. nytimes.com/2022/03/27/us/mo…
Investors Are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price. (Published 2022)

Investors Are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price. (Published 2022)

Across the country, corporate landlords are expanding manufactured housing portfolios and driving up rents, pushing longtime residents out.

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Poor tech, opaque rules, exhausted staff: inside the private company surveilling US immigrants theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
Poor tech, opaque rules, exhausted staff: inside the private company surveilling US immigrants

Poor tech, opaque rules, exhausted staff: inside the private company surveilling US immigrants

BI claims it provides immigrant tracking and ‘quality’ case management. A Guardian investigation paints a very different picture

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Can we carry out effective conservation in conflict areas? Read our latest Nature, Guns and Money article, written by Adrian Garside: shoc.rusi.org/blog/achieving… #PERAC
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Kenya’s mega-railway project leaves society more unequal than before theconversation.com/kenyas-m… via @TC_Africa
Kenya’s mega-railway project leaves society more unequal than before

Kenya’s mega-railway project leaves society more unequal than before

Contrary to the government’s promises of prosperity, Kenya’s mega-railway is heading down the wrong track of development.

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Ed Brown@edbrownlboro29 Oct 2021
Shsring a great piece by my wonderful colleague Simon Batchelor which explains why @UKMECS has had such a strong focus on the amazing potential of electric cooking. Check it out its a short but interesting read. mecs.org.uk/blog/no-silver-b… #COP26 #cleancooking #se4all – at Mountsorrel, England
No silver bullet - Modern Energy Cooking Services

No silver bullet - Modern Energy Cooking Services

By Dr. Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd. / Loughborough University). As a programme we are sometimes challenged as to why we put so much emphasis on integrating ecooking needs into planning for electrici...

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Kendra Hurley@kendrahurleynyc18 Aug 2021
Many nuggets in this story but this was esp. interesting: Since the pandemic "Americans...are increasingly likely to say mothers should parent young children & stay at home" &, confusingly, to also say that "mothers should make money." vox.com/recode/22605612/work…
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For Clean Energy, Buy American or Buy It Quick and Cheap? nytimes.com/2021/05/11/busin…
For Clean Energy, Buy American or Buy It Quick and Cheap? (Published 2021)

For Clean Energy, Buy American or Buy It Quick and Cheap? (Published 2021)

President Biden says slowing climate change will create jobs. Tension between unions and environmentalists shows it’s not so simple.

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Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe: ‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’ theguardian.com/news/2021/ap…
Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries Vent Woes on TikTok nytimes.com/2021/04/25/world…
Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries Vent Woes on TikTok (Published 2021)

Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries Vent Woes on TikTok (Published 2021)

Foreign employees in wealthy households — most of them women — have been using the video-sharing app to bring abuses to light.

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Using Shame, Lending Apps in India Squeeze Billions Out of the Desperate nytimes.com/2021/03/26/busin…
Using Shame, Lending Apps in India Squeeze Billions Out of the Desperate (Published 2021)

Using Shame, Lending Apps in India Squeeze Billions Out of the Desperate (Published 2021)

With techniques honed in China, a new breed of company offers expensive loans to people devastated by the pandemic. If they can’t repay, family and friends hear all about it.

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The Ethical, Epistemological, and Conceptual Need to Resume Fieldwork items.ssrc.org/covid-19-and-…
The Ethical, Epistemological, and Conceptual Need to Resume Fieldwork

The Ethical, Epistemological, and Conceptual Need to Resume Fieldwork

Items (SSRC) publishes accessible social science essays and collections, plus the monthly Items & Issues newsletter—linking research, policy, and public debate.

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@UCLENDEV@uclendev14 Jan 2021
New Year's Resolution No. 1: update the EDG website with all the exciting new projects the team are working on ✅ Have a look at what we're working on at the moment: ucl.ac.uk/energy-development…
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The Train Is Leaving the Station: Digital Currency in Sub-Saharan Africa csis.org/analysis/train-leav…
The Train Is Leaving the Station: Digital Currency in Sub-Saharan Africa | CSIS

The Train Is Leaving the Station: Digital Currency in Sub-Saharan Africa | CSIS

Mobile money and digital currencies are booming in sub-Saharan Africa, especially since the start of the pandemic. Judd Devermont and Topaz Mukulu walk through the advantages and disadvantages of the...

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duncangreenlse.bsky.social@fp2p12 Feb 2017
Public Private Partnerships (#PPPs) are perfect breeding ground for corruption. @TheEconomist explains how it works economist.com/news/americas/…
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