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Countries at COP28 Approve Climate Disaster Fund Deal Details in Early Breakthrough
Countries at the COP28 summit on Thursday agreed on deal details for a disaster fund to help nations reeling from damages caused by the climate crisis.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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Advancing Climate Action Through Justice-centered Climate Education
Climate change education has become a powerful driver in mobilizing individuals to translate their knowledge into action, especially for young people.
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- Education, Environment
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- Global
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Coal Declines Amid Solar Boom in South Africa, in Five Charts
Small-scale solar installations are booming in South Africa amid rolling power cuts and regulatory changes.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Home Insurance in Developing Countries Is Hard to Come By. That’s Changing.
Most homeowners in the developing world can’t buy natural-catastrophe insurance—“natcat” in industry lingo—at any price, even as climate change makes calamities more frequent and severe.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Global
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- climate change, lending
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Press Release: UBS Optimus Foundation and Swiss Re Foundation Invest over USD $2 Million to Kickstart a New Partnership with Terratai
The support of UBS Optimus Foundation and Swiss Re Foundation will be targeted towards building and scaling Terratai’s first cohort of early-stage businesses that can demonstrate quantifiable impact on nature and biodiversity.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
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- South Asia
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Achieving the SDGs in the World’s Most Vulnerable Countries: Why the Private Sector Must Recommit to Financing Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States
It's widely recognized that the world is not on track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. And as Isabella Massa and Samory Toure at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network explain, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are facing unique obstacles to their SDG agendas. They explore the economic, geophysical and environmental vulnerabilities that SIDS face, and call for the private sector to step up its commitment to financing SDG progress in these countries.
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- Environment, Investing
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Indian Women in Agriculture Among ‘Most Vulnerable’ to Climate Change Impact, Shows New Global Study
Published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems journal, the study maps hotspots in low-and-middle-income countries where climate change, agriculture, and gender inequality intersect.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Arab Coordination Group Pledges US $50 Billion for African Development
Many countries in Africa are particularly vulnerable to climate change, making strengthening climate resilience and adaptation an urgent priority.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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