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Deetken Impact Completes US$100 Million First Close of Inclusive Climate Action Fund
ICAF brings together US$75 million in catalytic capital from the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada, US$15 million from Peru’s development bank COFIDE, and commitments from private investors.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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EU and IFAD Launch EUR 14 Million ATHAZ Programme to Boost Climate-Resilient Horticulture in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa
The programme will support smallholder farmers improve water efficiency, adopt agroecological soltions and connect to stronger markets as part of a regional programme reaching 15,000 farming households.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Parked Capital is a Missed Opportunity: Why Donor-Advised Funds Should be Funding Climate Businesses Now
If philanthropic capital is waiting for a rainy day to address climate change, it’s already pouring. But according to Adam Fraser at Terraset, instead of supporting solutions to this challenge, a significant source of funding is either lying dormant — or actively contributing to the problem. As he explains, Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) are sitting on over $327 billion in capital: money that was already gifted to a charitable entity and earmarked for the public good. That money is invested in the market, growing tax-free, and sometimes even financing high-emission sectors like the fossil fuel industry, while innovative startups struggle to fund carbon removal and other climate solutions. He explores the sort of impact this funding could make if it were mobilized, and argues that the time to deploy it is now.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Viewpoint: Entrepreneurship is Changing and Education Needs to Change With It
"UNDP research shows how young founders are using innovation and digital tools to respond to challenges in areas such as education, healthcare, inclusion, and local economic development, while Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports that 84% of early-stage entrepreneurs consider social and/or environmental impact when making business decisions."
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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IFC Partners with Absa Bank Ghana and Complete Farmer to Expand Agricultural Finance in Ghana
Supported by the Private Sector Window of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), the facility will finance purchases of traceable cocoa from farmers across Ghana. It will also support more sustainable farming practices aligned with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Almost Half of World’s Farmers Poisoned by Pesticides Every Year, Experts Find
Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Angola Launches $211 Million Agricultural Value Chain Project to Transform Eastern Economy and Cut Food Imports
The Eastern Region Agricultural Value Chain Development Project is designed to support production, processing, storage and marketing across crops including wheat, rice, soybeans, beans, groundnuts, cassava, coffee, cocoa and palm oil. The African Development Bank approved $211.4 million for the project in November 2025.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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EcoNomad Solutions Secures £230K for On-Farm Waste-To-Energy System
"Small and mid-sized livestock farms face mounting pressure from rising energy and fertiliser costs, tightening slurry and waste regulations, and pressure to reduce methane emissions. Yet existing anaerobic digestion systems are engineered for large industrial-scale operations, making them uneconomical or operationally impractical for smaller producers."
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