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New Forests Launches A $1 Billion Global Natural Capital Fund
According to the company, the new fund is designed to provide institutional investors with access to a globally diversified portfolio of natural capital assets, reflecting growing demand for investment strategies that can deliver long-term returns alongside environmental benefits.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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2026 Coffee Barometer: Sustainability Cannot be Built on Permanently Cheap Coffee
The newly released 2026 Coffee Barometer exposes systemic flaws in the global coffee industry over the past 20 years.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Global
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BTG Pactual TIG Raises Over $1.2 Billion for Reforestation and Restoration Strategy
The firm’s Latin American billion reforestation and restoration strategy, which includes nature protection organization Conservation International as Impact Advisor, focuses on the conservation, restoration, and planting of deforested and degraded properties.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Iran War Cuts LPG Flows as Charcoal Demand Spikes in Africa and India
Cooking-fuel costs spike across Africa and South Asia after the Iran war disrupts Gulf liquefied petroleum gas supply, with conservationists warning the return to charcoal and firewood could undo a decade of clean-cooking progress.
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- Global
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A New World Bank-Funded Program to Transform Forest Economies and Drive Jobs Opportunities for 60 million People around the Congo Basin
This next generation of forest investments moves decisively beyond a conservation-only approach, building the economic conditions that make forest stewardship sustainable.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Peru’s Natural Legacy Secures $37.5 Million Funding Boost from Green Climate Fund
New investment strengthens long-term protection of more than 15 million hectares of the Peruvian Amazon and expands Indigenous-led climate resilience.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Analysis: LPG Supply Shock Exposes Fragility of India’s Clean Cooking Strategy
India’s reliance on imported LPG has come under strain, as supply disruptions cause delays and uncertainty.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Carbon Capture in Rural South Africa: Projects Show How Fighting Climate Change Can Create Rural Jobs – Research
Our research found that rural carbon capture and storage projects can be more than narrow climate interventions. They can also create broad, real-world gains for people and ecosystems.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- climate change, employment, forests, research
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