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Impact Investing in Turbulent Times: Opportunity Amid Uncertainty
Impact investing, much like the world around us, is facing a period of prolonged turbulence, as the interconnected shocks of 2024 — from the escalating climate crisis to rising geopolitical tension — raise doubts about whether the sector can grow fast enough to make a difference. But as Florian Kemmerich at KOIS argues, the need to solve these crises may ultimately become the impetus for true scale in the industry. He explores how innovative investments can address some key global crises, and shares reasons for optimism amid the uncertainty.
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- Education, Environment, Health Care, Investing
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Deetken Impact’s Ilu Women’s Empowerment Fund Awarded $750K Grant to Advance Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean
The grant will support a combination of catalytic investment capital and technical assistance to unlock resources and knowledge at the intersection of climate action, gender equality, and health.
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- Investing
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- Latin America
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Global Coalition Pledges $10 Billion for Brazilian Forest Restoration and Conservation
This public-private partnership brings together major financial institutions, conservation organizations, and government entities to support Brazil’s environmental goals, making it one of the most comprehensive forest restoration programs in the world.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Latin America
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Rethinking our Approach to Multilateral Collaboration: Why it’s Time to Give the Philanthropic and Private Sectors an Equal Seat at the Table
With only 17% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track, doubts are growing about the effectiveness of the world's current approach to multilateral collaboration. As Simon Sommer at the Jacobs Foundation and Dina Ghobashy at Microsoft argue, part of the problem is that businesses and philanthropic organizations are rarely viewed — or treated — as equal partners of international institutions and national governments in pursuing development goals. They propose a new approach to multilateralism, based on greater cohesion between the public, private and non-profit sectors.
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Kenyan Court Suspends $736 Million Adani Power Line Deal
The Law Society has argued that the power deal is "a constitutional sham" and "tainted with secrecy".
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An Emerging Priority in Climate Resilience: How Zambia’s Green Growth Strategy — And its Business Sector — Are Addressing the Risk of Climate-Induced Social Instability
Zambia — like other countries across Southern Africa — is confronting its worst drought in four decades, one of multiple climate-related crises it faces. According to Gracsious Maviza and Giulia Caroli at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, and Ibukun Taiwo at CGIAR, these issues are putting a growing strain on the nation’s social fabric. They explore how Zambia's National Green Growth Strategy is addressing these challenges, highlighting four "Climate Security Pathways" in the strategy that can improve social stability — and generate immense opportunities for the private sector.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, WASH
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Papua New Guinea Advances Digital ID, Wallet and Govt Platform to Pilot
The pilots are supported by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Australian High Commission for New Guinea, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and GovStack.
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- Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa to Get First Manufacturing Hub for Next-Generation Malaria Nets
Vestergaard CEO Amar Ali tells Devex that government support, development financing, and finding a solid local partner will help in setting up the manufacturing hub for success.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa