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Exploring Ghana, With Contemporary Art as a Guide

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In late 2022, I was invited to go to Ghana with a friend researching work by the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, who first made a splash at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. We were going to Ghana to learn about the context of his work and also to understand the emerging contemporary art scene in the country.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change. Joint biodiversity conservation activities with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Climate Change. Ube Network for Climate Change Actions. Project Description. Organization. Outside Japan. Car Free Day Japan. Biodiversity Conservation.

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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto

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illustrates broadening tension in the country, as resistance to living near a mine clashes with the potential of EVs to mitigate climate change. The years-long opposition to the project, which would become one of the few lithium-producing sites in the U.S, The company has applied for U.S.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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Governments in emerging markets and developing economies: Dominican Republic; Ghana; India – two-wheelers and three-wheelers constitute more than 70% of global sales and more than 80% in India.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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This figure includes subsidies to lower the prices of petroleum products, kerosene or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), typically in developing countries, as well as subsidies to the oil, gas or coal industries, provided by many governments in both developing and developed countries. This will be easier said than done.

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