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Is Shell to Blame for a ‘Super Typhoon’? Philippines Survivors to Sue Oil Giant in Legal First
The claim argues that Shell’s polluting business has contributed to anthropogenic climate change, which intensified the typhoon’s impact.
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- Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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GAIA Climate Loan Fund Seals $600 Million First Close, Driving Adaptation in Emerging Markets
The GAIA facility is blazing a new trail in climate finance by extending long-term loans to public sector borrowers in almost two-dozen emerging and developing markets.
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- Environment, Finance
- Region
- Global
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Report: Global Climate Fund Assets Hit Record $644 Billion in First Half of 2025
The total of global assets in open-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with a climate-related focus reached a record $644bn in June of this year, marking a 8.5% increase since the end of 2024.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Kenya’s Farm to Feed Raises $1.5 Million to Build Climate-Resilient Food System
To date, Farm to Feed has grown 100 per cent year-on-year, onboarding 6,500 farmers onto the platform, selling over 2.1 million kgs of produce and avoiding 247 tonnes of CO2e.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- agtech, climate change, food security, scale, startups
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African Development Bank Group Receives $14 Million in Private Sector Lending for African Agribusinesses
The inaugural World Bank-hosted funding from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program is set to unlock $200m in lending for smallholder farmers across five African countries to help bolster food security and resilience to climate change.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Modernizing Ports Is a Major Untapped Opportunity for a Healthier Planet
"With progress on the water facing a fresh reckoning that calls for new collective efforts, now is the time to bolster efforts on the shore, where ports are largely an untapped resource in the fight against climate change."
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Uganda Secures $31 Million from Green Climate Fund for Cutting Deforestation — a First for Africa
The approval marks a historic milestone for both Uganda and Africa, as it represents the first GCF results-based payment project on the continent.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: “Lens Investing” Is Just Admiring the Problem
Impact investing doesn’t need another lens; it needs a lever. Stop admiring the system’s flaws and start shifting power to those building something better.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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