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New Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership Announced at COP28
JTAP members will work towards unlocking the potential of the rapidly evolving jurisdictional REDD+ marketplace to help tropical forest countries access much needed finance and accelerate large-scale conservation of forests.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Global
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Africa’s Climate-Aligned Infrastructure Receives $175 Million Pledge
The $175 Million pledge is planned to rapidly scale up financing for transformative climate-aligned infrastructure projects across the continent.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: 100X Impact Accelerator Calls for Applications to Its Third Cohort
Impact areas for applications include climate and environment, democracy, social cohesion, health, and education, among others
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Global
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COP 28: African Development Bank’s $1 Billion Insurance Facility to Protect Millions of Farmers in Africa
African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina said the Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation (ACRIFA) aims to mobilise $1 billion of concessionary financing, high-risk capital and grants to support the African insurance industry.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria’s Largest Lender Wants to Expand to Asia
Opening a subsidiary in Asia could enable the bank to serve customers in the region that is the largest non-African trading partner.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: FINCA Impact Finance Appoints Jeff Flowers as New CEO
FINCA Impact Finance (FIF) today announced the appointment of Jeff Flowers as its next Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2024.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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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
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- climate change, lending
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Analysis: Small-Scale Farmers Receive 0.8% of Climate Finance Despite Providing a Third of Our Food Supply
Small-scale farms make up 84% of the world’s 570 million farms and control 12% of total agricultural land. In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, MSMEs are responsible for 65% of all food produced.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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