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Analysis: How a Climate-Smart Forest Economy Could Help Mitigate Climate Change and Its Worst Impacts
A few areas worldwide are already building climate-smart forest economies with the help of the Climate Smart Forest Economy Program (CSFEP) and other stakeholders.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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- climate change, forests, housing
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Press Release: IFC Announces $300 Million Loan to Banistmo to Boost Financing for SMEs and Preferential Mortgages in Panama
The loan will promote financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and expand the offer of mortgage loans to the preferential segment in Panama.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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- financial inclusion, housing, MSMEs
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JPMorgan Chase Committing $15 Million to Increase the Supply of Climate Resilient Affordable Housing for Black, Hispanic and Latino Households
JPMorgan Chase announced five organizations will receive philanthropic commitments of $3 million each to scale innovative climate resilient affordable housing models.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- housing, innovation, philanthropy, scale
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Sustainable Cement? IITs & Global Institutions Find Way to Cut CO2 Emission By 40%
A collaboration of global institutes and IITs has found that Limestone Calcined Clay Cement, or LC3, is a sustainable alternative that cuts CO2 emissions by 40% and is significantly cheaper to produce.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Climate-Resilient Architecture: The Key to Combating Heat Stress in India
Global warming has increased the intensity of heat waves over the last few decades. And in India and other emerging countries, extreme heat is a particularly serious problem, as only 8% of the 2.8 billion people living in the world’s hottest regions have air conditioners. But according to Krati Airan and Rohang Mishal at Villgro Innovations Foundation, the problem won't be solved by simply expanding access to air conditioning, which is expensive and energy-intensive. They explore the impact of climate-resistant architecture in addressing heat stress in the world’s hottest – and most economically vulnerable – countries.
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- Environment
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- climate change, housing, recycling
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Precise Consult to Manufacture 250,000 Solar Home Systems Locally in Ethiopia
This initiative will allow the distribution of kits for the productive use of solar energy, particularly in the agricultural sector.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- energy access, housing, manufacturing, solar
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Indonesian Proptech Platform Tanaku Raises $5.5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Led by East Ventures
Tanaku, an Indonesia based proptech startup, said it has raised $5.5 million of pre-seed funding led by East Ventures.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Habi Lands $200 Million In Funding and Reaches Unicorn Status
Habi the data-driven residential real estate platform, announced it has raised $200 million in equity in its Series C funding round, becoming the first Property Technology (“PropTech”) unicorn in Spanish-speaking Latin America.
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- Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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- housing, impact investing