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US Government Backs Water Unite Impact to Fund the Water Sector’s Missing Middle in Emerging Markets
WUI is managed by Wellers Impact, an FCA-authorised impact investment manager with offices in London and Nairobi.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: OPEC Fund Approves Close to $1.2 Billion New Development Funding
The funding will support smallholder farmers and businesses, promote the construction of resilient infrastructure, provide clean water & sanitation solutions and increase climate resilience.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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WaterEquity Announces $100 Million+ Raised for New Impact Fund Focused on Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation Infrastructure
This investment milestone marks a pivotal moment of collective action among diverse investors to use investment as a tool to advance a water-positive future.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Amazon Says It’s Going ‘Water Positive’ — But There’s a Problem
The company’s pledge to conserve water at its data centers doesn’t account for the thirsty power plants that keep them running.
- Region
- Latin America
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Analysis: How Kibera’s Water Woes Vanished Into Thin Air
An aerial piping system brings residents clean, affordable water in Kenya.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- innovation, public health, SDGs, water
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4 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds
The researchers used remote sensing data and household surveys and found that water quality was the main challenge for providing safe water globally.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Water Scarcity Can’t be Solved by a Single Sector: How Businesses and NGOs Can Work Together to Advance Water Security
Around the world, 2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and a staggering 3.6 billion people lack basic sanitation, as of 2021. Amelia Metcalf at Water Unite argues that the vast scale of these challenges has created an urgent need for collaborative action between water-focused non-profits/NGOs and for-profit businesses, especially corporations and larger enterprises. She explains how this sort of partnership can deliver benefits to both sides — while offering a key opportunity to combat water scarcity at a global scale.
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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Analysis: U.S. Tech Giants Are Building Dozens of Data Centers in Chile. Locals Are Fighting Back
Multiple groups are working to keep Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from doubling the number of centers in the country, fearing environmental devastation.
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- Technology
- Region
- Latin America
- Tags
- data, digital inclusion, water
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