Roger Atwood

Nov 4, 2024 | ifc.org | Roger Atwood

On course to reach its goal of cutting emissions by 32 percent by 2030 under the terms of the 2015 Paris accord, and with an impressive array of wind and solar projects and a growing fleet of EV buses in its capital Nairobi, Kenya has also become a leader in African climate finance.

Jul 29, 2024 | thefern.org | Chuck Abbott |Alexis Marie Adams |Betsy Andrews |Roger Atwood

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Mar 19, 2024 | ifc.org | Roger Atwood

By Roger AtwoodDecades of investment in electrical power generation have paid off in Côte d'Ivoire. The country’s installed capacity exceeds that of most of its neighbors, with a well-developed hydro industry that supplies a third of all power and virtually no reliance on coal. Yet more than a quarter of all Ivorians still have no electricity in their homes, a gap that is starting to close thanks to a financial tool known as securitization supported by the World Bank Group.

Oct 10, 2023 | archaeology.org | Roger Atwood

Pedro Escalante is one of the few people who can truthfully say that they have found a lost city in the jungles of Central America. Now a well-known Salvadoran writer, Escalante was a 25-year-old law student in 1970 when local farmers told him about a group of odd square mounds in the hills of central El Salvador.