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Erick Boy

Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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The clean energy revolution tipping point is inevitable—but the sooner, the better (Quartz)

November 03, 2017


Quartz published an article authored by Channing Arndt on the renewable energy revolution’s benefits for the developing world ahead of COP 23. Arndt argued renewables have a great potential to boost development, and reduce pollution and climate risks where they are the greatest. “Reducing emissions and therefore the severity of climate change impacts could spare an unknown but potentially large number of poor people for whom climate change costs could prove catastrophic,” wrote Arndt.

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