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Analysis: Navigating a Silent Crisis: Understanding the Impact of E-Waste on Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Unorganised e-waste recycling units like Seelampur serve as the primary backbone of many low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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- Environment, Health Care, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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African Development Fund Grants $60 Million Loan to Benin to Strengthen Its Economic Governance and Private Sector Development
The programme will boost the private sector's contribution to the national economy by improving the overall business environment.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Group’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Approves $10 Million Contribution to KawiSafi II Clean-Energy Fund
KawiSafi II is a $200 million venture equity fund to address investment gaps in energy transition, productivity, mobility and logistics in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Despite Anti-ESG Attacks, New Study Shows Investors See Climate as Critical to Business Performance
Do investors care whether financial services firms take climate-related actions in clean energy opportunities?
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- climate change, decarbonization, ESG, research
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African Development Fund Grants the Union of the Comoros $135 Million to Develop Its Ports and Facilitate Regional Trade
The country has an enormous potential for the blue economy – fisheries, agriculture and tourism sectors.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bill Gates’ Climate VC Breakthrough Energy Raises $839M, 2024’s Largest in the Sector
Breakthrough has established itself as a leader in climate tech, demonstrating the potential and profitability of early-stage climate investments.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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M&G Invests $100 Million in responsAbility’s Asia Climate Strategy
RespsonsAbility’s Asia climate strategy uses a blended finance structure, combining public funding with private capital.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Water Scarcity Can’t be Solved by a Single Sector: How Businesses and NGOs Can Work Together to Advance Water Security
Around the world, 2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and a staggering 3.6 billion people lack basic sanitation, as of 2021. Amelia Metcalf at Water Unite argues that the vast scale of these challenges has created an urgent need for collaborative action between water-focused non-profits/NGOs and for-profit businesses, especially corporations and larger enterprises. She explains how this sort of partnership can deliver benefits to both sides — while offering a key opportunity to combat water scarcity at a global scale.
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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