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Viewpoint: How Do Oil Palm Companies Get Away With Disregarding Indonesian Law?
University of Toronto anthropologist Tania Li argues that companies can act with impunity because of corporate-state collusion and a lack of organised resistance.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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Press Release: ECOWAS Signs 15 Grant Agreements Worth €1.3 Million to Promote Training and Capacity Building on Agroecology in Members States
The general objective is to build an environmentally friendly system that will sustain and increase agricultural productivity and create resilience in West Africa.
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- Agriculture, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UWI Researchers Cop $300,000 to Study Nature-Based Coastal Solutions
Researchers at the University of the West Indies have secured US $300,000 to conduct much needed research into designing sustainable, nature-based coastal solutions.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- climate change
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Analysis: Heat Last Year, Untimely Rains This Year: India’s Wheat Crop Takes a Hit Again
Devinder Sharma believes the existing crop insurance scheme has been designed to benefit the private insurance companies rather than the farmers.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- agtech, climate change, data, impact measurement, insurance, scale
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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
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- 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