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Press Release: USDA Awards $45 Million to Winrock International to Expand Climate-Smart Agriculture in Malawi and Thailand
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $178 million investment in Food for Progress projects Winrock will implement two of the seven projects.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
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Press Release: World’s Leading Consumer Goods Companies Put Transparency and Transformation at Forefront of Latest Deforestation Report
The Consumer Goods Forum's (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition of Action has today released its second Annual Report, sharing the Coalition's progress on commitments to remove deforestation, forest degradation, and conversion from key commodity supply chains.
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Analysis: Net Zero Emissions Is a Long-Term Climate Challenge in Latin America
Countries in Latin America have already committed to balancing their greenhouse gas emissions and removals, a key objective of the Paris Agreement, but there is a long road ahead.
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- Environment
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- Latin America
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To Tackle Plastic Pollution, Partnership Helps Companies See Their Role in the Problem
The amount of plastic going into the environment could be reduced by 80% from 2020 levels by 2040, creating new jobs, saving governments billions of dollars and reducing plastics-related greenhouse gas emissions.
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- Environment, WASH
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- partnerships, recycling
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With Abundant Forests, Africa Looks to Grow Its Carbon Market
In Kenya’s Gazi Bay thousands of trees have been planted to offset carbon dioxide released by faraway governments and companies seeking to improve their climate credentials.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change, forests
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Analysis: These Two Start-Ups Are Making Farming More Sustainable. Here’s How
With climate change also posing a growing threat to the planet, feeding more people more sustainably has become more important than ever.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Patagonia Founder Just Donated the Entire Company, Worth $3 Billion, to Fight Climate Change
The privately held company’s stock will now be owned by a climate-focused trust and group of nonprofit organizations.
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‘Nearly Every Indicator of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Is off Track’: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Report
This year's report, "The Future of Progress," especially noted the impact of the pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Yemen.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- SDGs