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Press Release: Aligned Climate Capital Closes Second Venture Fund at $85 Million to Scale Clean Energy Companies
Aligned Climate Fund LP 2 (ACF2) closed with the support of the Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and several institutional investors.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Colombia’s EV Sales Soar, but Battery Recycling Startups Struggle to Keep Pace
A surge in electric vehicle sales has helped drive a boom in battery recycling, but the startups face major challenges.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation, WASH
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- Latin America
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UpEnergy Issues Africa’s First-Ever Electric Cooking Carbon Credits Under Gold Standard’s New Metered Methodology
UpEnergy is a social enterprise dedicated to channeling climate finance to fight energy poverty through decarbonization projects.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: The Threat of Climate Inaction on Corporate Profits
For unprepared businesses, individual physical risks of climate change alone could put 5% to 25% of their 2050 EBITDA at risk, depending on sector and geography.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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CIF Allocates $143 Million to Restore Forests and Boost Climate Resilience in Brazil, Kenya, and Zambezi Region
$143M CIF funding expected to unlock $1B in co-financing, driving private sector investment in nature-based solutions.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Trump Administration Shutters Climate Health Office
A climate office at the Department of Health and Human Services has been shuttered, and its staff was placed on administrative leave.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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MOPO Secures US $7 Million Financing With British International Investment
This is aimed at revolutionising access to sustainable energy for millions of households and businesses across both urban and rural communities in Africa who suffer from unstable or no grid infrastructure.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: New Project to Expand Zambia’s Access to Affordable Energy Through Increased Power Transmission with Tanzania
The ZTIP is part of World Bank’s Regional Energy Transmission, Trade, and Decarbonization-Southern Africa-Multiphase Programmatic Approach (RETRADE-SA MPA).
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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