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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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- Environment
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- Global
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AGRA Sets Out $550 Million to Tackle Food Insecurity and Climate Change in Africa
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has recently committed to the fight against food insecurity and climate change, pledging a $550 million fund for the next five years.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Interview: Bill Gates Says Rich Countries Are Tackling Hunger in Africa All Wrong
Bill Gates suggests how backward rich countries' approach to tackling global hunger is a band-aid approach.
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- Agriculture
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- Global
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Press Release: DFC Board of Directors Approves $1.6 Billion of Investment to Advance Energy Supply, Food Security, Climate Solutions, and Other Key Development Challenges
DFC Board of Directors has approved $1.6 Billion of Investment to Advance Energy Supply, Food Security, Climate Solutions, and Other Key Development Challenges.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Countries Growing 70% Of World’s Food Face ‘Extreme’ Heat Risk by 2045
Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Global
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- climate change
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Asian Development Bank Signs $52 Million Loan to Finance Uzbekistan’s Wind Power Plant in Zarafshan
The 500-megawatt (MW) plant will be located to the east of Zarafshan City, in the Tamdy District of the Navoi Region in Uzbekistan.
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- Energy
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Climate-Resilient Architecture: The Key to Combating Heat Stress in India
Global warming has increased the intensity of heat waves over the last few decades. And in India and other emerging countries, extreme heat is a particularly serious problem, as only 8% of the 2.8 billion people living in the world’s hottest regions have air conditioners. But according to Krati Airan and Rohang Mishal at Villgro Innovations Foundation, the problem won't be solved by simply expanding access to air conditioning, which is expensive and energy-intensive. They explore the impact of climate-resistant architecture in addressing heat stress in the world’s hottest – and most economically vulnerable – countries.
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- Environment
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- climate change, housing, recycling
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Analysis: South Africa’s Proposed Fracking Regulations Should Do More to Protect Groundwater
South Africa may turn to unconventional oil and gas resources to augment its energy supply.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- climate change