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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
- Region
- Global
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Congo: REDD+ to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Preserve Forests
Congo has just signed an agreement with the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: The Trade Hub Launches a Virtual DealRoom Connecting Investors to Fast-Growing Impact Businesses
The West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) has unveiled a Virtual DealRoom giving global investors information and access to the Trade Hub’s growing pipeline of impact business opportunities.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Climate-Positive Agriculture: How Investors Can Support Smallholder Farmers – While Also Regenerating the Environment
Global agricultural demand is expected to increase by about 50% from 2013 to 2050, as the world's population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion. Smallholder farmers in Africa and Latin America are well-positioned to meet this growing need – but expanding their current unsustainable farming practices could cause massive climate and environmental consequences. Bianca Samson, Flavia Howard and Kusi Hornberger at Dalberg share how investing in regenerative, climate-smart agriculture can boost food security and benefit smallholders, investors and the environment.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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Future Returns: Bain Capital Double Impact’s Approach to the Market
Bain Capital Double Impact closed a second impact-investing fund after raising US$800 million last fall, and found the experience to be a bit different than the first time around.
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- Investing
- Region
- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Big Brands Join $1 Billion Forest Conservation Push for Southeast Asia
Major household brands and palm-oil buyers Nestle and PepsiCo have backed a scheme that aims to invest $1 billion in forest conservation across Southeast Asia over 25 years.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Women and Sustainable Finance: Fuel for the Engine of COVID Recovery
There is broad consensus on the need to intervene as a matter of urgency, in order to provide relief for women and underserved communities. However, governments and businesses have the opportunity to go one step beyond, and build the kind of resilience that will outlast any pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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Six New Climate Finance Ideas for a Sustainable Recovery
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) has selected six new climate finance ideas for its 2021 acceleration programme.
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- Investing
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