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important'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=600 height=338 style='width:6.25in;height:3.525in' id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/PAYG_tech_credit2.jpg" alt="gac17-05: Header Image_credit3"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:#18110C;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=567 style='width:425.25pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:2.4pt 0in 2.4pt 0in'><p style='line-height:15.6pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'>New technologies are making it easier for consumers to access and pay for cooking fuels.</span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:white;padding:15.0pt 11.25pt 37.5pt 11.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=467 style='width:350.25pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Trocchi;color:#333333'>Radha's Message<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td width=200 style='width:150.0pt;padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=180 height=180 style='width:1.875in;height:1.875in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/29-1.jpg" alt="Radha Muthiah"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Registration is now open for the Clean Cooking Forum 2017, a landmark, bi-annual gathering of people working to accelerate the production, deployment, and use of cleaner, more efficient cookstoves and fuels. Under the theme “Driving demand. Delivering impact.” the Forum will feature influential speakers, engaging learning sessions, and myriad opportunities to build new partnerships and strengthen your work. I look forward to seeing many of you in New Delhi in October.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>This month, the World Health Organization released a <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=GtcqG5yqhPgvNv-p1y6nuw">report on global adolescent health</a> that showed the leading cause of death for younger adolescent girls aged 10–14 years is lower respiratory infections, such as pneumonia – often a result of household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels. As part of efforts to build the evidence base around the health effects of clean cooking, the Alliance last week hosted investigators from six countries working to inform the shape of the integrated exposure response curve for household air pollution and childhood pneumonia. The Alliance and its partners are working to ensure that, as health research on cookstoves and fuels evolves, global research methodologies evolve with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Our work continues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=130 height=40 style='width:1.35in;height:.4166in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/radha_signature.jpg" alt=radhasignature></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Radha Muthiah<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:#F6F6F6;padding:15.0pt 11.25pt 7.5pt 11.25pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=467 style='width:350.25pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Trocchi;color:#333333'>From the Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:12.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="60%" style='width:60.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 6.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=PVERL1g0JvK6dxwcOSUyaQ" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>Registration opens for the Clean Cooking Forum 2017</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Registration for the Clean Cooking Forum—from October 24-26 in New Delhi, India—<a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=CQarnnyxEIhRI8rB2zGLtQ" target="_blank">is now open</a>! Early-bird prices are available for a limited time only.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=160 height=160 style='width:1.6666in;height:1.6666in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/Register_copy.jpg" alt="gac17-05: May News_Forum Registration open"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#979797;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=Fp-JrHHs7IQEPcdZCBIBBg" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>"Pay-as-you-go" technology to boost access to cooking fuel</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 24.0pt 0in'><div><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>A handful of innovative companies <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=94q_YwPWK5E7t7TUkrCXjQ" target="_blank">may soon transform</a> how low-income consumers purchase and pay for cooking fuel by offering energy services on a pay-as-you-go basis. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="60%" style='width:60.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 6.0pt 0in'><p><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=mJPHy3W6vJHPnFxuJctdmA" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>Spark+ Investment Readiness Program now accepting applications</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Alliance partners with scalable business models and potential to attract investment capital are <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=XXVS1prgTp8n3DkN0o8ipg" target="_blank">invited to submit applications</a> for the new Spark+ Investment Readiness Program.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=160 height=160 style='width:1.6666in;height:1.6666in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/Spark__Investment_newsletter_thumbnail.jpg" alt="gac17-05: May News_Spark+"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=oACUmV0ovqiikaZxsBQ0Pg" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>5 takeaways from the World Social Marketing Conference</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 24.0pt 0in'><div><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>For anyone working in behavior change communications and social marketing, there was no better place to be than the annual World Social Marketing Conference - <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=WnGPeMlCIQawSG34C7qOlw" target="_blank">read five takeaways</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Trocchi;color:#333333'>From the Sector<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:12.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="60%" style='width:60.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 6.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=LO_LE_iPfhiZkfRd5PiB7A" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>WHO: More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all are preventable</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Lower respiratory infections, including pneumonia from household air pollution, are a leading cause of adolescent deaths, <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=RJ_WEdUI4SCxVNg89hAA1Q" target="_blank">according to a new report</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=160 height=160 style='width:1.6666in;height:1.6666in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/WHO_report.jpg" alt="gac17-05: May News_WHO report"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#979797'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=Yb_MpYA9ObCYZnaTIu6gbQ" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>Why both gas and biomass are needed to address the solid cooking fuel problem in India</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 24.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Improved biomass stoves are a necessary step for Indian households that won’t be able to afford or access gas in the next 15 years, <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=5FyUnUaBp4pAKvyEVmXNlg" target="_blank">says a new editorial</a> in <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Energy for Sustainable Development</span></em> from Dr. Kirk Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#979797'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="60%" style='width:60.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 6.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=rWiVUb_5NjMH0vW5Zk8TzQ" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>Maximizing the potential of women entrepreneurs in Africa</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Gender lens investing is gaining traction with investors around the globe and Africa is no exception. <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=pOxZPyNllLFDA-J5HJAPIw" target="_blank">Read key takeaways</a> from the Sankalp Africa Summit for reducing barriers and improving the investment ecosystem.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=160 height=160 style='width:1.6666in;height:1.6666in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/Realizing_the_potential_of_women_entrepreneurs_in_Africa.jpg" alt="gac17-05: May News_Women Entrepreneurs in Africa"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#979797'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=bwnIkB7mXn8dwnh2hUuy1Q" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>LPG subsidies in Latin America and the use of solid fuels to cook</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 24.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>A paper in <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Energy Policy</span></em> presents an exploratory analysis of the <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=pDEFHTdPxjv5hjqwDtrW9Q" target="_blank">effects of subsidy policies</a> for LPG in reducing the use of solid fuels in Latin America.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#979797'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="60%" style='width:60.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 6.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=GqLmqkZjuJX86a86RCWLjA" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>VIDEO: How the SAFE Program is improving health and safety through cooking</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>Access to cooking fuel involves numerous safety, health, and environmental risks for crisis-affected populations. <a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=VTvu-bFzXLHKPPkJjSrQUA" target="_blank">Check out a video</a> from the World Food Programme on how the Safe Access to Fuel and Energy initiative aims to help 10 million people safely prepare their meals by 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=160 height=160 style='width:1.6666in;height:1.6666in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/WFP.jpg" alt="2017_05: WFP video"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#979797'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 12.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=pF5CtodQUZTURM-ETsnylQ" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#267D84;text-decoration:none'>Report: Lessons on reaching scale in energy access</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid white 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 24.0pt 0in'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=mskX5xj6GCyCqxLyv_T9_Q" target="_blank">A new report examines</a> market-based approaches, including from the cooking sector, that have the potential not only to provide energy access, but also to support customers in “moving up the energy ladder.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:#F6F6F6;padding:37.5pt 37.5pt 37.5pt 37.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=467 style='width:350.25pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=170 style='width:127.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=160 height=160 style='width:1.6666in;height:1.6666in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/images/content/pagebuilder/May_Partner_Spotlight_WWF.jpg" alt="gac17-05: May News_Partner spotlight"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=290 style='width:217.5pt;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-1.8pt;margin-right:-1.8pt'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Trocchi;color:#333333'>Partner Spotlight<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#888888'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=SWh9J5Bqen514QKumyy3ZA" target="_blank">World Wildlife Fund</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='line-height:16.8pt'><span style='color:#333333'>By promoting alternative energy, specifically biogas, World Wildlife Fund is supporting clean energy that plays a critical role in alleviating poverty and restoring forest ecosystems, while reducing environmental degradation and addressing climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 7.5pt;border-radius: 3px'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:#267D84;padding:6.0pt 9.0pt 6.0pt 9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org/site/R?i=Z7GfRflvrg4HCatM6jYVtg" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white;text-decoration:none'>READ MORE</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span 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