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India, Japan Launch $600 Million Fund for Low Carbon Emission Projects
The India-Japan Fund will target investment in sustainable projects.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology, WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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UNCTAD Calls for Bold Global Action to Decarbonize Shipping and Ensure a Just Transition
The Review of Maritime Transport 2023 urges swift action and system-wide collaboration to decarbonize maritime transport amid growing carbon emissions and regulatory uncertainty.
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- Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: IFC, Sunteck Realty Create Joint Platform Investing up to US $90 million to Expand Green Urban Housing in Maharashtra
With a population exceeding 22 million, the MMR is India's largest and most active housing market, grappling with a significant housing deficit.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- decarbonization, housing, water
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Rainforest Carbon Credit Schemes Misleading and Ineffective, Finds Report
System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Global
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Press Release: More Than 1.1 Billion African People Unlikely to Have Access to Clean Cooking Fuels and Technologies by 2050, New Study Predicts
A new Loughborough University study on clean energy accessibility in Africa forecasts that 1.1 billion people will be without eco-friendly cooking fuels or technologies by 2050.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Heading to Climate Week? Here’s a Cheat Sheet
What you need to know about what's coming up at Climate Week in New York next week (if you can attend in person, or not).
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- Environment, Investing, Technology, WASH
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- North America
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India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp to Invest $24.2 Billion to Meet Net-Zero Emissions Goal
Globally, companies are investing billions of dollars to cut their emissions to net zero.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: The Rockefeller Foundation Invests $5 Million in Mombak’s “The Amazon Reforestation Fund”
The Rockefeller Foundation’s $5 million investment in Mombak alongside several blue chip investors represents the latest effort to strengthen the marketplace for carbon credits.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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