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Press Release: Sistema.bio Closes Over $15MM in Financing to Scale Climate-Smart Clean Energy Technology for Farmers
Financing will strengthen partnerships and distribution, carbon reduction activities, R&D efforts and overall operations in LATAM, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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- impact investing
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African Development Fund Approves $27.39 Million Grant to Develop Renewable Energy Investments in Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $27.39 million grant to Ghana for the development of renewable energy investments in the mini grid and net metering space.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Decolonizing Wealth Project Redistributes $1 Million Towards Indigenous-Led Sustainability Efforts
The multi-year, multimillion-dollar Indigenous Earth Fund initiative will support systemic and policy-change efforts centered around Indigenous leaders and environmental solutions.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- North America
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Carbon Neutral Oat Milk Maker Nude Bags $5 Million Series A to Expand Across Latin America
Latin America’s (LATAM) first carbon-neutral food company, Nude, has closed a Series A funding round. $5 million was raised by multiple investors, led by Vox Capital and Lever VC.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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- climate change
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Global Environment Facility Provides $71 Million for Reforestation Program in Zimbabwe
The Global Environment Facility is providing just over $71 million to Zimbabwe. The funding from the 7th replenishment of the GEF (GEF-7) is for land restoration and reforestation programs in Zimbabwe.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, tourism
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2021
At the end of each year, NextBillion selects our 12 most-read articles from the previous 12 months, and invites readers to vote for the pieces that impacted them the most. We've counted the votes, and we’re happy to announce our three most influential articles of 2021. We’d like to congratulate the winners and all the contestants in this contest – along with everyone who read and wrote for NextBillion last year. We wish you a healthy, happy and prosperous 2022.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- data, energy access, ESG, impact measurement
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African Climate Startups Invited to Apply for Adaptation SME Accelerator Project
Run by Village Capital and The Lightsmith Group, ASAP will accelerate 16 SMEs and startups that are scaling climate adaptation and resilience solutions in Africa and Asia.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global
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- accelerators, climate change, scale, startups
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Analysis: Think Small To Fight Climate Change
Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) working on climate adaptation and mitigation are a crucial but underestimated partner in the fight to reduce emissions.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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