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ClimaFii Alliance Announces First Cohorts of Climate-Smart Solutions
The ClimaFii (Climate and Finance Innovations) Alliance was launched in January to bring financing and sustainable energy solutions to microenterprises across India and sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Global
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‘Total Infiltration’: How Plastics Industry Swamped Vital Global Treaty Talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet.
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- Environment, WASH
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- Global
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Analysis: For Electric Vehicles, Smaller Is Better
". . . as EV adoption grows, a concerning trend has emerged: the dominance of larger consumer models such as SUVs and pickups."
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Global
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WHO Urges Urgent Action Ahead of COP30 at Global Climate and Health Conference in Brasília
Climate change is fuelling a health crisis and threatens to undo decades of global health progress.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Global
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Viewpoint: How MSMEs Can Use AI to Navigate Global Trade Turbulence
The transformation of global trade through AI isn't a distant future. It's happening right now, and the window of early-adopter advantage is still open.
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- Technology
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- Global
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What It Really Takes for Technology Pilots to Become Public Policy
What does it actually take for a technology solution to become something a government truly owns, funds, and protects for the long haul?
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- Technology
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- Global
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Digital Finance Fuels Record Savings Growth in Developing Nations: World Bank
In 2024, formal saving in developing economies hit a decade high, driven by mobile and digital finance, with 40 percent using financial institutions.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Global
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Publication of Sustainability Reports Has Dropped by Half This Year
Just 432 large U.S. companies filed sustainability reports during the first half of 2025, a sharp drop from the 831 that did so during the same period last year.
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- Environment
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- Global
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- climate change, corporations, ESG
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