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IMF Approves Over $900 Million to Support Tanzania Budget, Climate Change Fight
The funding will help tackle climate change while also completing a separate review allowing for the disbursement of $149.4 million for budget support.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Transparent Sustainability: A Free Tool Aims to Empower Retail Investors to Align Their Investments with Their Convictions
The growing demand for sustainable investments has brought a greater degree of scrutiny to the industry, as it attempts to address rising concerns about greenwashing. But as Shaan Madhavji and Anna Helena Chaim at Impaakt point out, many investors still have a lack of knowledge about the true impacts of their investments. They explain how Impaakt's free “How Sustainable to Me?” tool provides retail investors with transparent impact data that allows them to align their investments with their values.
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- Environment, Investing
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Loughborough-Led Climate Programme Receives £57 Million Funding Boost
A Loughborough University led climate programme will continue to carry out “transformative” work until 2030 – after receiving a £57m boost from the UK government.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- climate change
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Downforce Technologies Secures $4.2 Million to Scale Revolutionary Soil Organic Carbon Measurement Tech
Downforce’s groundbreaking natural capital analytics technology leverages cutting-edge science, modelling and remote sensing.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Global
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IDF and AFD Group Form IDRIMA to Enhance Climate Resilience
Signed at the IDF Summit 2024, IDRIMA seeks to embed risk management into financial strategies for sovereigns and utilities vulnerable to climate disasters.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Global
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Viewpoint: Despite Tech Breakthroughs, Carbon Removal Still Won’t Save the Planet
Carbon removal tech breakthroughs don’t fundamentally make them a more feasible hedge against slow emissions reductions.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Provides Malawi with $22 Million to Combat Climate Vulnerability
This grant, awarded via its African Development Fund (ADF), will be invested in agriculture.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Reversing Climate Change is Possible — But First, We Need to Democratise Climate Finance
Much of the current conversation around climate change focuses on the obstacles that make the problem so difficult to solve. But according to Kevin Kyer at Pyrpose, there are signs of hope, as a growing, global sense of urgency around the issue is driving consumers to embrace sustainable products and behaviors. He explores how emerging technologies and businesses are helping to reduce Co2 emissions — and how platforms like Pyrpose can help mobilize climate-conscious investors to direct climate finance to the most vulnerable parts of the world.
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- Environment, Investing