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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Announces Investment towards Educate!’s Vision for 2025
This catalytic new investment is a crucial step toward scaling solutions that tap into the potential and promise of Africa's youth.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: The Big Takeaway from COP27? These Climate Conferences Just Aren’t Working
Rather than a bloated global talking shop, we need something smaller, leaner and fully focused on the crisis at hand.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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COP27 Summit Agrees to Help Climate Victims. But it Does Nothing to Stop Fossil Fuels
The world has failed to reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels after marathon UN climate talks were “stonewalled” by a number of oil-producing nations.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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Opinion: It’s Not Just Coca-Cola: Corporations Have Co-opted the UN Climate Talks
While Coca-Cola is considered a lower-tier sponsor at COP27, Coca-Cola’s role has garnered an exceptionally large amount of criticism.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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The Urgent Need to Address Climate Impacts on MSMEs: Recommendations for Designing Right-Fit Tools and Solutions
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) provide a critical link to goods and services while generating income for millions of households around the world. But as Bethany Kanten at Mercy Corps Ventures points out, these businesses remain underserved in several areas that are limiting their resilience to key challenges – including climate change. She shares new research based on interviews with hundreds of MSMEs in Africa, which reveals the opportunity for innovators, investors and funders to positively impact these enterprises with climate solutions.
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- Environment, Investing, Telecommunications
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- climate change, innovation, MSMEs, research, startups
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Analysis: How to Slash Carbon Emissions While Growing the Economy, in One Chart
More than 30 countries have already broken the link between emissions and economic growth.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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It’s Going to Be Hard for Biden to Meet This $11 Billion Climate Change Promise
The administration has two main sources of funds it hopes to draw from: appropriated funding from Congress, and money from federal development agencies.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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COP27: ‘Zero Tolerance for Greenwashing’, Guterres Says as New Report Cracks Down on Empty Net-Zero Pledges
The report slams greenwashing – misleading the public to believe that a company or entity is doing more to protect the environment than it is.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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