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IKEA, Rockefeller Foundations Partner over $1 Billion Global Platform to Fight Climate Change
The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have partnered to form a $1 billion global platform to fight climate change.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: Strengthening Resilience and Ending Vulnerability in Small Island Developing States
The Joint SDG Fund announces a call for proposals focusing on strengthening resilience and ending the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to accelerate the SDGs.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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- Global
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- climate change, SDGs
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Analysis: Can Agricultural Insurance Help Guarantee Post-Pandemic Food Security?
In a world in which radical climatic events are increasingly affecting farm production, agricultural insurance is coming to be seen as a key solution for producers to bolster economic and food security.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shell to Offload Onshore Nigerian Oil Assets in a Move to Cleaner Energy
Petroleum giant, Shell, will offload the last of its Nigerian assets in an effort to move towards cleaner energy.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: India Can Be a Global Leader in Building a Nature-Positive Economy
India's total agriculture subsidies are likely to reach $45-50 billion in perpetuity by 2030. Repurposing it to support India's 120 million smallholder farmers transition to regenerative agriculture can help generate system-scale impact by 2030 in a cost-neutral manner.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: IEA Energy Roadmap: Stop New Fossil Fuels Investments
Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics.
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Press Release: International Collaboration of Development Finance Organizations Agree on New Steps to Increase the Resilience of Economies Threatened by the Climate Emergency
The Group of G7 Development Finance Institutions working together under the DFIs+ Adaptation and Resilience Collaborative has put forward a practical plan to the G7 on actions to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Global
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Press Release: DFC Announces First-Ever Chief Climate Officer and Deputy to Lead Agency Efforts to Tackle the Climate Crisis
New Chief Climate Officer, Deputy Chief Climate Officer will focus agency efforts on climate-focused investments
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global
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