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Citec como agente de soluciones climáticas

María A. Carrasquilla R.

April 27, 2024 |

La Estrella de Panamá |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Panama

El Centro de Innovación, Investigación y Tecnología Hidroambiental (Citec) realiza proyectos e investigaciones de forma independiente, utilizando tecnologías de punta y disruptivas, que buscan respuestas a los cambios ambientales. Incorpora investigadores panameños y colabora con universidades locales y internacionales para destacar varias iniciativas.

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Inside Google's Plans to Combat Election Misinformation

Yasmeen Serhan

April 25, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Indonesia

To combat election-related mis- and disinformation, a Google initiative called Jigsaw launched campaigns in Indonesia and Eastern Europe with videos “inoculating” viewers against false information by explaining common manipulation techniques that could be used to mislead them. Surveys showed that people who viewed the videos were up to 5 percent more likely to correctly identify attempts at manipulation.

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Cómo han logrado las instituciones canarias rendir cuentas en lugar de ocultarlas

Beatriz C. Martisi

April 25, 2024 |

Revista Haz |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Spain, Canary Islands

El Comisionado de Transparencia de Canarias ha conseguido en menos de seis años que la totalidad de sus instituciones públicas (345) y la mayoría de las entidades privadas (2.700) se sometan voluntariamente a su sistema de autoevaluación.

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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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This self-taught innovator in Nigeria upcycles e-waste into power banks

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Joey Shekwonuzhibo

April 19, 2024 |

Benjamindada.com |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Zang Technologies creates portable chargers out of recycled materials, having sold 21,000 power banks since 2018. The chargers are compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones, and offer sustainable power that also helps reduce waste by recycling electronics and turning them into alternative power sources.

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Un millón de monedas

Natalia Sánchez Loayza

April 16, 2024 |

Radio Ambulante |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Venezuela

Para sobrellevar una crisis económica, millones de venezolanos reccurieron a un mundo de fantasía—Runescape—y convertió el videojuego en un trabajo a tiempo completo. Mensualmente, personas han podido ganar hasta cuatro veces más de lo que hubieran podido ganar en otros trabajos en Venezuela.

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AC Has a Big Climate Impact. This New Tech Could be a Game Changer

Sarah Sax Andrew D. Johnson

April 16, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Beverly Hills, California

Thermal storage technologies are lowering businesses’ energy costs and carbon emissions while reducing strain on the grid during peak times. Two hotels in California implemented a system that makes ice when energy demand is low and uses the ice during peak demand times to cool the building.

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Saving Mothers and Giving Life through Quality Accreditation of Private Health Facilities

Adanna Opara

April 16, 2024 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

The Saving Mothers, Giving Life project aims to improve access to and the quality of maternal and infant healthcare to reduce maternal and newborn deaths. The project established a Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response team and launched an interactive digital chat solution on WhatsApp to get important health information to pregnant women. Through these efforts, maternal and perinatal deaths in 25 private health facilities decreased by 60% and 16%, respectively.

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How 2 Teachers Use AI Behind the Scenes to Build Lessons & Save Time

Wayne D'Orio

April 15, 2024 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Franklin Square, New York

Teachers at John Street School in Franklin Square, New York, are using artificial intelligence-powered tools to craft lesson plans that are tailored to the needs of each student, which they might not have the time to do otherwise. They can quickly adjust a lesson for different reading levels or write worksheets in multiple languages, for example.

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A Phoenix farm is making renewable energy while also providing shade for crops

Madison Knutson

April 09, 2024 |

KJZZ |

Radio |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A farm in Phoenix, Arizona, uses agrivoltaics to generate renewable energy with limited space and provide shade for crops in extreme heat. The agricultural practice involves installing solar panels above crops on the same plot of land.

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