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An Emerging Priority in Climate Resilience: How Zambia’s Green Growth Strategy — And its Business Sector — Are Addressing the Risk of Climate-Induced Social Instability
Zambia — like other countries across Southern Africa — is confronting its worst drought in four decades, one of multiple climate-related crises it faces. According to Gracsious Maviza and Giulia Caroli at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and Ibukun Taiwo at CGIAR, these issues are putting a growing strain on the nation’s social fabric. They explore how Zambia's National Green Growth Strategy is addressing these challenges, highlighting four "Climate Security Pathways" in the strategy that can improve social stability — and generate immense opportunities for the private sector.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, WASH
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Oxfam Report Reveals Billions in Unaccounted World Bank Climate Finance, Urges Urgent Transparency Reforms
Oxfam labels this reliance on ex ante figures “Unaccountable Accounting,” noting that it fails to provide accurate data on the extent and efficacy of climate investments.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: Sistema.bio Acquires Inclusive Energy, Adding Digital Monitoring to Its Carbon Reduction and Biogas Technology Platform for Farmers
Sistema.bio will incorporate Inclusive Energy’s technology to put in place the first digitally-verified biogas carbon credits.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Nigerian Climate-Tech Startup Earthbond Raises Funding From Madica to Boost Financing Capacity
The startup enables businesses to go solar through access to embedded solar finance and a marketplace of accredited solar installers and suppliers.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: SolarAid and UNSW Launch “State of Repair” Report, Setting the Stage for the Future of Off-Grid Solar Repair Services
Since 2008, SolarAid has worked to repair non-functioning solar products, starting with early projects in Malawi.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Analysis: One Big Loophole Threatens the Global Energy Transition
Asia is now responsible for the majority of global greenhouse gas emissions, and decarbonizing the continent is critical for the world to keep temperature increases below 1.5°C.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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d.light to Sell Solar Power, Clean Cooking Solutions in Kenya Under KOSAP
Through this initiative, d.light will provide solar power and clean cooking solutions to over 150,000 people.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Greenplinth Africa Signs $1.5 Billion Carbon Credit for 80 Million Cookstoves Project
The project involves the procurement, pre-fabrication, assembling and commissioning of highly efficient fuel wood cookstoves as well as planting of 4 billion trees at 50 trees per one cookstove by 2030.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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