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Climate change, war in Ukraine and rising prices create perfect storm
threatening global food security 4
Renewables set for record growth in 2022, but 2023 is not so rosy 7

Zimbabwe seeks to import electricity from Zambia

COAL
IFC found to have broken ESG policies

with coal investment in Philippines 10
China moves to invest in long-term coal development 11
India requires power plants burning
imported coal to run at full capacity 12

GAS -TO -POWER

Vietnam’s Sovico partners with JERA for LNG supply opportunities 13

CLIMATE

Pakistan, Bangladesh cope with severe heat and fuel shortages 14

RENEWABLES
wpd to sell offshore wind business to Global Infrastructure Partners 15

Off-grid solar struggles to recover from pandemic 16
ION Energy talks up Mongolian lithium potential 17
Work begins on dome for Unit 1 at Bangladesh’s Rooppur NPP 17

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 18

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