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AFC and Green Climate Fund to Launch US$690 Million Africa Sovereign Climate Facility to Accelerate Climate-Resilient Development
Through an integrated, country-led approach, the ASCF will support interventions across critical sectors, including clean energy, health and well-being, food and water security, and climate-resilient infrastructure and the built environment.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SEARCA Journal Paper Pushes for Stronger ASEAN Food Resilience Amid Polycrisis
Titled “ASEAN Food Security in an Era of Polycrisis: From Production-Centered Policy to Regional Resilience,” the paper is authored by Dr. Paul Teng of the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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New Carbon Gap Toolkit Evaluates Countries’ Carbon Removal Potential
Carbon Gap has launched a free, open-access toolkit that enables users to assess how much carbon dioxide removal (CDR) a country could realistically deliver.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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IUCN Welcomes Decision by UN Convention Against Organized Crime to Negotiate Protocol on Crimes That Affect the Environment
The new protocol offers an opportunity to strengthen international cooperation against transnational environmental crime and connect conservation objectives with criminal justice.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Breakthrough Energy, Temasek and Enterprise Singapore Renew Southeast Asia Fellows Hub for Three Years
These companies are tackling critical challenges including clean fuels and oils, plastic recycling, alternative materials for EV batteries, photosynthesis enhancers for agriculture, and adaptation and resilience technologies including passive cooling paint and landslide sensing.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- South Asia
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Fresh Effort to Bring Clean Cooking to Food Vendors in Kenya and Uganda
Food businesses are one of the largest microenterprise groups in Africa. Clean cooking will boost their productivity and incomes.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ADB Accelerates Nature Finance at COP17 with New Bond, Incubator, and Tracking Report
The initiatives, announced at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Yerevan, seek to expand private investment in protecting ecosystems that support billions of lives.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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ADB Advances Resilient Agriculture and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Rural Cambodia
The Smallholder Resilient Economic Development Sector Project will upgrade agricultural infrastructure and services across 186 communes in seven provinces, which are severely vulnerable to natural hazards.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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