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Energy and development blogs

Explore a diverse range of student blogs on global energy and development challenges.

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Students taking the Energy, Environment and Resources in Developing Countries module tackle real-world challenges by crafting compelling blogs on critical energy, environment, and resource issues in developing countries. This dynamic assessment sharpens their ability to build evidence-based perspectives, connect with external audiences through engaging informal writing, and showcase their work to a broader audience.

Explore the student's blogs 

Each year we publish a selection of the top blogs. Explore the diverse topics students have explored.

Is Russian nuclear energy a silver bullet or a poisoned chalice for electricity demand growth across Africa? 

by Lorne Milne (Class of 2022/23)

Beneath the blanket of Western sanctions, Russia’s state-owned nuclear company, Rosatom, have accelerated their nuclear energy offensive across Africa. 600 million [1] Africans still have no access to electricity and population growth is forecast to increase by 70% by 2050. Does the clean and reliable energy Rosatom are offering, therefore, provide the solution?


Can harvesting fog to improve water access empower women? 

by Natasha Savulescu


The conflict between economy and environment 

by Yixnzi Wang


Flaws in Fast Fashion: the Atacama Desert Dumping Ground

by Esther Batt


Medellín: a new chapter of resilience 

by Matthew Stancliffe Bird


Indonesian Palm Oil: Who are we exploiting? 

by Nadhira Ratnasari 


Hidden truths of ecotourism: Colombian case study

by Vivek Parekh.


Carbon Taxes, Brazil and the Amazon 

by Sebastian Spiteri


Why we need to talk about energy access and gender 

by Molly Tinker


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