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SunCulture Closes $10 Million Solar Irrigation Securitisation
"The transaction will allow SunCulture to recycle capital tied up in customer receivables and expand solar irrigation financing."
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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BII Welcomes First Close of BlueOrchard Climate Action Mobilisation Fund
A key objective of the fund’s design was to meet the regulatory requirements of life insurers, including those of UK insurers seeking Matching Adjustment 1eligible assets under Solvency UK, which sets out regulatory requirements for insurance firms and groups.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Mission Blue and IUCN Join Forces to Put Coastal Communities at the Heart of Ocean Action With the One Ocean Partnership
Mission Blue® and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today announced a new collaboration to advance the One Ocean Partnership - a global effort to accelerate locally led ocean conservation by connecting coastal communities with the science, expertise, partnerships and finance they need to scale solutions and develop regenerative seascapes.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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NADF, German Firm Partner on Climate-Resilient Agricultural Finance
"The partnership is also expected to support the development of new or improved financial products for smallholder farmers, particularly those designed around the growing risks posed by climate change to agricultural production."
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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AI’s Impact on the Environment Is Absolutely Horrifying, New Paper Finds
It’s reached the point that AI is giving the fossil fuel industry a substantial leg up, as a new paper published in the journal NPJ Climate Action details.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Equity and IFAD Launch $200 Million Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism for 260,000 East African Farmers
The mechanism comes as climate-related shocks increasingly affect agricultural production, rural incomes and food security across East Africa, while climate finance remains difficult for small-scale producers to access.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: World Set to Cross 1.5°C Global Warming, but Can Still Limit, Adapt to and Return From Higher Temperatures
The report puts best-case scenario peak temperature rise at 1.8°C; others suggest over 2°C.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Every US $1 Invested in Climate and Clean-Air Action Can Return US $15
Released on the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, Hidden assets: The economic and health case for climate and clean air action is the first comprehensive global economic assessment of integrated climate and clean-air action.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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