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EU Mounts Major Retreat From ESG Agenda Amid Fierce Backlash
The development has major implications for the future of ESG globally, with Europe accounting for well over 80% of the world’s ESG fund assets.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Countries Make Fresh Attempt at $200 Billion Nature Finance Deal
Among the stickiest questions to answer is how to get richer countries in Europe and elsewhere to pay up to help their poorer peers.
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- Environment, Investing
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Summit Africa Launches Private Equity Fund II With US $20 Million Anchor Commitment From British International Investment, Supporting Businesses in South Africa and the Southern African Region
The fund will drive financial and digital inclusion, job creation, diversity, and food security as a new sector, through investment in small-to-mid market companies.
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- Investing
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Report: Shell Expects 60% Rise in Global LNG Demand by 2040 as Asia Leads Growth
China, the world's top LNG importer, and India are increasing LNG import capacity and gas related infrastructure to meet rising demand, Shell added.
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- Energy
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MacArthur Foundation to Increase Giving for Two Years in Response to ‘Crisis’
The move was prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid and the now-suspended freeze on federal grants.
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- Environment
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- nonprofits, philanthropy
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AI-Powered Healthcare: Qatar’s Lillia Secures USD 1.7 Million Grant
Lillia aims to scale its services across the MENA and Southeast Asia region in order to place itself as a competitor in AI-led chronic diseases management.
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- Health Care, Technology
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EIB Invests $15.8 Million in New IPAE 3 Fund to Support Entrepreneurship in West Africa, Madagascar
It is expected to create over 4,000 direct jobs, at least 40 per cent of which will be for women. The fund will also be fully aligned with the criteria of the 2X Challenge supporting women entrepreneurs.
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- Agriculture, Health Care, Investing
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Press Release: New ActionAid Report Reveals Rich Polluting Countries Owe Africa US $36 Trillion in Climate Debt
The findings reveal that Africa alone is owed at least US$36 trillion, far exceeding the continent’s total foreign debt.
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- Environment, WASH
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