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IFC Invests in EcoEnterprises Partners IV to Boost Job Creation and Support SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean
IFC will invest US$ 10 million in the new fund, which will support businesses, the majority of them SMEs, that enhance biodiversity, promote climate resilience, and create socio-economic opportunities for rural communities.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: Amid Rising Heat, Sustainable Cooling Can Slash Emissions and Save Trillions of Dollars
Sustainable Cooling Pathway would cut 64% off cooling emissions by 2050, protect 3 billion people from rising heat, save up to US$43 trillion in avoided electricity, infrastructure costs.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Green Digital Action Hub to Accelerate Innovation for a Sustainable Future: New Global Nerve Centre Will Harness Digital Technology for Climate Action and Sustainable Development for All
The GDA Hub will provide tools, expertise, and data to help nations scale up green technologies, reduce environmental footprint of technology and ensure access to sustainable digital solutions for all.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Rapid Reaction: Launch of the Call for Funding Requests to the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage
Once the call for funding requests officially opens on the 15th of December, developing countries will have six months to submit their requests, with the Board expected to start approving disbursals in June 2026.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Digital Impact Bonds: New GDFA Report Highlights Role of Tech in Impact Finance
The report provides a timely platform for collaborative thinking and a call to action on how digital impact bonds can help close the $6 trillion annual climate and nature finance gap, while ensuring transparency, efficiency, and inclusion.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Minderoo Foundation Invests US $10 Million to Protect the World’s Tropical Forests
The TFFF, launched under the leadership of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will create genuine economic incentives to protect tropical forests.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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COP30 Summit in Brazil: What to Know About the UN Climate Conference?
Delegates from around the world are expected to disagree over how to tackle climate change and who should pay.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Global
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Is Shell to Blame for a ‘Super Typhoon’? Philippines Survivors to Sue Oil Giant in Legal First
The claim argues that Shell’s polluting business has contributed to anthropogenic climate change, which intensified the typhoon’s impact.
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- Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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