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Sunandan Tiwari hasn’t always thought of himself as an innovator. As the Deputy Director of ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia), Tiwari is tasked with helping cities in South …

Recently, The Rockefeller Foundation and OMC Power closed a $4.5 million deal to finance OMC Power's construction and retrofitting of 100 solar power plants in rural Uttar Pradesh, India to …

Located in rural Uttar Pradesh, Shivpura is a village where clean drinking water has been scarce. When TARA Urja, an Energy Service Company (ESCO), started operating a 30-KW solar power …

When the United Nations asked the world to contribute priorities for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the most ambitious international development agenda of our time—8.5 million people made their voices heard. The …

Those of a certain age probably heard it time and again while growing up: "Video games will rot your brain." You definitely didn’t hear parents telling their kids that video …

The following post is part of a series based on research conducted around the health of the urban working poor.  We have all experienced the seemingly endless wait in the waiting …

In the US, 63 million tons of food goes to waste every year, which represents $218 billion spent on growing, processing, transporting, and disposing of food that is never eaten. …

Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report that finds a staggering 12.6 million people die each year as a result of environmental cause. That's nearly one in four …

There isn’t an organization or individual in the world today that looks toward the future of work without a mix of excitement and apprehension. As a result of rapid globalization, …

The mango value chain in Kenya is a clear demonstration of harnessing the power of collaborative partnerships for business opportunity and development impact. In 2015, The Rockefeller Foundation supported TechnoServe (TNS) …