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LeapFrog Commits $500 Million to Drive Climate Innovation in Africa and Emerging Asia
LeapFrog’s approach to climate action involves directing investments toward businesses that offer eco-friendly solutions and technologies, particularly for emerging consumer markets.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- agtech, climate change, solar
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COP 28: African Development Bank’s $1 Billion Insurance Facility to Protect Millions of Farmers in Africa
African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina said the Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation (ACRIFA) aims to mobilise $1 billion of concessionary financing, high-risk capital and grants to support the African insurance industry.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Report: Clean Cooking as a Catalyst for Sustainable Food Systems
The Clean Cooking Alliance released a new report that highlights the key role that clean cooking plays in transforming the food system.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Global
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Report: African Energy Transitions Should Be Driven from the Ground Up
Energy transition plans, and the technical analyses that inform them, must reflect the diversity and specificity of local needs and realities.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: COP28 Presidency Brings Together Leaders to Chart New Path Forward on Urbanization and Climate Change
Currently, as many as 90 percent of cities are threatened by rising sea levels and storms, and their residents are exposed to ten degrees higher temperatures than their counterparts in rural areas.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: Catalytic Climate Finance Facility Launches Learning Hub with Cad 1.5 Million Grant from IDRC
This investment will kickstart a knowledge-sharing platform to generate and disseminate new evidence on best practices in mobilizing private capital for climate action in developing economies.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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African Development Bank Kicks off Creation of Four Green Banks in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has started creating four green banks in Africa to mobilise up to $1.5 billion by 2030 towards green financing.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Key Measures Could Slash Predicted 2050 Emissions from Cooling Sector
Taking key measures to reduce the power consumption of cooling equipment would cut at least 60 per cent off predicted 2050 sectoral emissions, provide universal access to life-saving cooling.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Global