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Viewpoint: Be Excited About Extended Producer Responsibility, Even if It’s Not a Silver Bullet
The bottom line is that a money flow is needed to improve recycling rates, and extended producer responsibility contributes to that.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- circular economy, recycling, waste
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Global Citizen and the PepsiCo Foundation Announce Partnership To Advance Food Security and Improve the Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers
The initiative seeks to provide a platform for smallholder farmers to work alongside world leaders.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Global
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OPEC Fund Financing Clean Cooking Energy Transition in Madagascar
The grant funding will provide technical assistance support for Madagascar’s National Clean Cooking Transition Programme.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: UNDP to Support Seven Innovative Financial Solutions for Clean Energy in East Africa
The seven solutions are the winners of the UNDP Climate Aggregation Platform Financial Innovation Challenge which aims to crowdsource innovative financial aggregation solutions for clean energy assets in East Africa.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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With $200 Million, Spiro Will Deploy 140,000 Electric Motorcycles in Uganda
The investment should help decarbonize the transport sector Uganda, which is increasingly courted by car manufacturers.
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- Environment, Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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NSIA, Vitol Sign $50 Million Deal for Carbon Removal Projects
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) says it has completed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Vitol to invest in a range of carbon avoidance and removal projects.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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IFC Announces a Sustainable Loan of $160 Million to Produbanco to Support the Blue Economy in Ecuador
The loan will be used to promote the blue economy and boost access to financing for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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- blue economy, ESG, global development, MSMEs, waste, water
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Equator Secures $40 Million in Commitments for Fund Targeting Climate Tech Startups in Africa
Despite the role technologies play in improving the world’s environmental footprint, raising venture capital has proved chiefly hard in years past.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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