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Viewpoint: Your Thinking About ESG is All Wrong. Here’s What it’s Really About
Blaine Townsend, director of Bailard Wealth Management says attacks on ESG lean heavily on false economics and myths.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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- data, ESG, governance, greenwashing
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OPEC Fund Okays $300 Million for Funding Climate Action Plan
The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) has approved more than $300 million in new financing in the first quarter of 2023 for funding Climate Action Plan.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Global
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Elemental Aims to Pump $43 Million Into Climate Startups With ‘Deep Community Impact’
Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor in climate-tech startups including BlocPower and ChargerHelp, says it’s “doubling down” in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank‘s collapse.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Global
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- climate change, startups
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Bringing Agricultural Insurance to Climate-Vulnerable Farmers: A Unique Pilot Program in Nepal Shows How to Unlock the Benefits of Index-Based Insurance for Smallholders
Nepal's topography and climatic conditions make it uniquely prone to natural disasters. As Maria Perdomo at UNCDF explains, these disasters threaten the country's economic development, and smallholder farmers and rural women are disproportionately affected. She discusses a UNCDF pilot program that brought agricultural insurance coverage to Nepali smallholders, and shares learnings from the program that could inform efforts to deliver insurance to farmers in other climate-vulnerable countries in Asia and beyond.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance
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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Threatens Climate Start-Ups
The bank had relationships with more than 1,500 companies working on technologies aimed at curbing global warming.
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- Environment, Finance, Technology
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- Global
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- climate change, failure, startups
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Empowering Women to Fight Climate Change: A Program in Zambia Shows How Smallholder Farmers Can Lead the Way
Southern Africa has faced persistent drought, erratic rainfall and other consequences of climate change. And as Simon Crittle at International Development Enterprises (iDE) explains, women are disproportionately impacted by these challenges. He discusses an iDE program that trains farmers in Zambia to sell climate-smart agricultural inputs and services to their fellow smallholders — an initiative that it demonstrates the impact market-based interventions can have in preparing women farmers to play a leading role in addressing the climate crisis.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Solar Mini Grids Can Be Least-Cost Solution to Close Energy Access Gap in Africa by 2030
Climate action efforts can tap solar mini grids that offer a lower greenhouse gas emission alternative compared to diesel-fueled systems and kerosene-based appliances.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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Africa: A Partnership to Finance Clean Cooking Through Carbon Credits
A partnership has been signed between several organisations to channel carbon credits to support access to clean cooking around the world, particularly in Africa.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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