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The Brief: Small business financing lessons, Draper Richards Kaplan in Europe, PayPal’s bets on Black and Latinx managers, information and emergency funding for small farmers

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The post The Brief: Small business financing lessons, Draper Richards Kaplan in Europe, PayPal’s bets on Black and Latinx managers, information and emergency funding for small farmers appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Non-bank lenders need capital to finance African small businesses rejected by banks.

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Will the UK's CCS plans prove a model or a cautionary tale?

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Regulations being drawn up for UK CCS power stations are being closely watched by governments around the world, writes Ember's Richard Black

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David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC

GreenBiz

The CRIS board also includes Mimi Alemayehou (Black Rhino Group), Richard Kauffman (former New York energy and finance czar) and Jamie Weinstein (managing director of PIMCO, which helped organize co-sponsors for the offering). I'm eager to see who CRIS targets, aren't you?

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Black bag waste powers new Leeds low carbon heat network

Business Green

The facility removes recyclable materials from waste collections for processing, while remaining black bag waste is used to generate electricity for the local grid. The Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (RERF), operated by Veolia on behalf of Leeds City Council, was opened in 2016 in support of the city's zero waste goals.

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The Fire Captain Teaching Solar and Battery Literacy for First Responders

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To fill in that gap, Captain Richard Birt, a 30-year veteran of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, spends his free time crisscrossing the West to provide training in safe solar and battery response. Covering the panels with a black tarp blocks the photovoltaic process, Birt instructed, making it safe to chop into the roof. We deal with them.”

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Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows

Business Green

"It's extraordinary that just 18 months on from the IPCC report that showed the scientific case for reaching global net zero emissions by 2050, nations, regions and cities representing virtually half of global GDP have set compatible goals," said EICU director Richard Black.

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Net Zero Tracker: Companies 'leading' governments on drive to strengthen climate targets

Business Green

ECIU senior associate Richard Black commended the corporates taking action to make their zero targets more rigorous and called on other firms to follow suit. But Black said national governments needed to ramp up their ambition further, noting that progress was slower here than in the private sector.