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Africa Go Green Fund And BURN Manufacturing Sign a $10 Million Project To Fund Clean Cookstoves
The financing is for over 315,000 clean cookstoves which will be distributed in the three countries, enhancing their livelihoods, promoting health benefits, and contributing to the reduction of deforestation.
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- Energy, Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Why Biomass Removals Credits like Biochar Are Luring Investors
Biochar accounts for over 90% of carbon credits; IPCC says it has 'signifiant mitigation' potential.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Countries at COP28 Approve Climate Disaster Fund Deal Details in Early Breakthrough
Countries at the COP28 summit on Thursday agreed on deal details for a disaster fund to help nations reeling from damages caused by the climate crisis.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- climate change
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Advancing Climate Action Through Justice-centered Climate Education
Climate change education has become a powerful driver in mobilizing individuals to translate their knowledge into action, especially for young people.
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- Education, Environment
- Region
- Global
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Home Insurance in Developing Countries Is Hard to Come By. That’s Changing.
Most homeowners in the developing world can’t buy natural-catastrophe insurance—“natcat” in industry lingo—at any price, even as climate change makes calamities more frequent and severe.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- climate change, lending
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Press Release: UBS Optimus Foundation and Swiss Re Foundation Invest over USD $2 Million to Kickstart a New Partnership with Terratai
The support of UBS Optimus Foundation and Swiss Re Foundation will be targeted towards building and scaling Terratai’s first cohort of early-stage businesses that can demonstrate quantifiable impact on nature and biodiversity.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Analysis: Small-Scale Farmers Receive 0.8% of Climate Finance Despite Providing a Third of Our Food Supply
Small-scale farms make up 84% of the world’s 570 million farms and control 12% of total agricultural land. In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, MSMEs are responsible for 65% of all food produced.
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- Agriculture, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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COP28: UAE Planned to Use Climate Talks to Make Oil Deals
The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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