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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: IFC Invests in Biodiversity Bond Issued by Davivienda to Support Sustainable Finance and Biodiversity Protection in Colombia
IFC's participation in the bond issuance represents an innovative financing instrument, as it supports the second biodiversity bond to be issued globally.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Latin America
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Press Release: LSE’s 100X Impact Accelerator Announces New Initiative for Future Social Unicorns in Southeast Asia
With over a million impact-first organisations in Southeast Asia, social ventures are the backbone of vital sectors ranging from agriculture to healthcare, education, and climate action. Selected ventures for the programme will receive £150,000 in funding and 12 weeks of programming focusing on “endgame” strategies.
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- Education, Environment, Health Care
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- South Asia
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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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Global Health Fund Says Health, Climate, Conflict ‘Triple Whammy’ Hits World’s Poorest
Climate change kills people by increasing malnutrition and causing disease, while conflicts can lead to more deaths from the collapse of healthcare systems than from bullets and bombs.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Pasteur Network Launches Pioneering Project at World Health Summit To Tackle Health Impacts of Climate Change
The Institute of Philanthropy and Rockefeller Foundation commit US$5 million to advance project and empower local researchers, governments, and communities in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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The Problem with ‘Forced Entrepreneurship’: How Universities — and Venture Capitalists — are Failing Climate Tech Innovators
Universities are increasingly positioning themselves as hubs of business innovation, and as Emre Eren Korkmaz at the University of Oxford explains, their support has become an important driver of climate tech innovation. But he argues that universities’ "one size fits all" approach to supporting these innovators is fundamentally flawed, prioritizing the pathway to entrepreneurship — and the demands of venture capitalists — rather than empowering true innovation. He explores the problem and highlights some alternative approaches.
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- Education, Environment, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology