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IFC Invests in EcoEnterprises Partners IV to Boost Job Creation and Support SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean
IFC will invest US$ 10 million in the new fund, which will support businesses, the majority of them SMEs, that enhance biodiversity, promote climate resilience, and create socio-economic opportunities for rural communities.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: Digital Impact Bonds: New GDFA Report Highlights Role of Tech in Impact Finance
The report provides a timely platform for collaborative thinking and a call to action on how digital impact bonds can help close the $6 trillion annual climate and nature finance gap, while ensuring transparency, efficiency, and inclusion.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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South Africa Secures $925 Million From the World Bank to Rebuild Its Ailing Cities
The World Bank has approved a $925 million loan to South Africa to help revive its major cities through a six-year urban renewal program estimated to cost three times that amount.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Brazil Pledges US $72 Million in Support of Gavi’s Global Immunisation Efforts
Brazil commits US$ 72 million to Gavi’s 2026–2030 strategic period, reinforcing its role as a key stakeholder in global health and vaccine manufacturing.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Latin America
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Minderoo Foundation Invests US $10 Million to Protect the World’s Tropical Forests
The TFFF, launched under the leadership of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will create genuine economic incentives to protect tropical forests.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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COP30 Summit in Brazil: What to Know About the UN Climate Conference?
Delegates from around the world are expected to disagree over how to tackle climate change and who should pay.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Global Momentum for Nature Finance: UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative Helps Countries Unlock Over $2.7 Billion for Nature
Governments around the world are accounting for nature in their fiscal planning at an accelerating pace, signaling a shift in how economies value and finance our ecological life-support systems.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Report: Global Climate Fund Assets Hit Record $644 Billion in First Half of 2025
The total of global assets in open-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with a climate-related focus reached a record $644bn in June of this year, marking a 8.5% increase since the end of 2024.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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