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UN Report: Climate Commitments Must Redouble To Meet Paris Agreement
Nations must redouble planned climate targets if the world is to meet the minimal threshold of the Paris Agreement, according to a new UN report warning that while emissions are being reduced, the pace of progress is falling behind required rates.
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- Environment
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- Global
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Analysis: The Case of the Underperforming Circular Economy
Progress resides through the decidedly less-glamorous earthbound work of business process improvements, negotiations among buyers and sellers, and internal business teams needing to resolve highly complex technical issues. These efforts are essential to building more empowering business cultures through intra-organizational and cross-value-chain networks.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Global
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Report: Investing $1 Per Person Per Year in Hand Hygiene Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
All households in the world’s 46 least developed countries could have handwashing facilities by 2030 if the world invested less than US$1 per person per year, in hand hygiene.
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- WASH
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- Global
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- global health, healthcare, hygiene, sanitation, WASH, water
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Harry & Meghan Join Socially Conscious ESG Investing Craze
Prince Harry and Meghan are joining the hottest investment trend in recent years – ESG – a form of investing that promises positive returns for people and the planet, but which is facing growing charges of ‘greenwashing’.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Mastercard partners with Digital PayGo to drive secure payments for SMEs in Zambia
Mastercard has partnered with Zambian-based fintech company, Digital PayGo, to launch a new merchant mobile payments solution, which will enable Small and Medium Enterprises to safely make and receive digital payments through various online channels.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reshamandi Raises Us $30 Million in India’s Largest Series a Funding for a B2B Marketplace, Led by Creation Investments
ReshaMandi, India’s first silk-tech startup that serves as a B2B marketplace for silk farmers, businesses, and retailers in India, announced a Series A funding round of US $30 million, led by global alternative investment manager Creation Investments and other investors.
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- Agriculture
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- Asia Pacific
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ARM-Harith Launches $250 Million Climate Investment Fund in West Africa
Mauritius-registered infrastructure fund manager ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investments is launching a new fund. The facility, which will be capitalised at $250 million, will focus on financing climate-resilient infrastructure in West Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa: COVID-19 Aid Falling Short
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for African governments to strengthen social protection systems and fulfill people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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