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Report: We Know Climate Change Touches Everything, so How Do We Empower Everyone?
Ashoka and The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship launch the Climate Changemaker Playbook, a report that sets three actionable strategies for individuals to play an active role in the systemic shifts needed to tackle climate change.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Global
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The Emergence of ‘Resilience Credits’: How a New Asset Class Can Unlock Investment in Climate Resilience — And Why Impact Measurement Will be Key to its Success
Investments in building climate resilience in vulnerable communities are falling woefully short — and the private sector is almost entirely absent. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Jyotsna Puri at IFAD and Jonathan Phillips at Duke University explore an innovative solution to this finance gap: “resilience credits.” They explain how this new asset class aims to align public and private capital to build and measure climate resilience — and discuss the pros and cons of different impact measurement approaches for resilience-focused projects and businesses.
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- Environment, Investing
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Analysis: To Create a Greener Future, the West Can’t Ignore China
Fighting climate change is a promising area for engagement between Western companies and China.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Drones, Droids, and Delivery Bots: The Future of Last-Mile Logistics
Emerging technologies in automated delivery are poised to drastically reduce delivery times, cut costs, and enhance environmental sustainability.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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A First Step Toward a Global Price on Carbon
A tax on ship emissions could have an impact on almost everything we buy.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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CFAO Group Invests $3 Million in BasiGo to Boost East Africa’s Electric Bus Production
CFAO Group is building e-mobility ecosystem in East Africa by investing in green mobility startups through Mobility54.
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- Energy, Environment, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- e-mobility, scale, startups, venture capital
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Press Release: Symbiotics Investments Supports Solar Energy Projects in Vietnam Through a Green Bond With Ecoligo
Ecoligo will use the proceeds of this green bond to invest in new and refinance operating solar projects.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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Nine Business Models for Productive Use of Electricity in Africa: A Framework for Generating Profit and Impact in Off-Grid Energy
Improving energy access in rural Africa is crucial for poverty reduction, but grid electricity is often inaccessible or unaffordable — and off-grid alternatives present similar challenges. Olowo Aminu, Bodunde Akinola, Nneka Chime and Mosorire Aiyeyemi at CrossBoundary argue that Productive Use of Electricity (PUE) has the potential to solve these issues, boosting household income and economic growth, while increasing profitability for energy providers. They share a framework CrossBoundary has developed to help off-grid companies and other stakeholders plan for effective PUE implementation.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology
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