Low Impact

JUNE 27, 2021

Today I’m talking with Shaila Agha of the Sarafu Network about ‘chamas’ and mutual credit , and how they’re changing Africa. Kenya is arid / semi-arid, so we need resilience against times of drought. They invest in land and apartments. Really nice to talk with you Shaila. Thank you – happy to be here.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In Asia and Africa, building stock is expected to double by 2050. Investment in energy efficiency rose to over 180 billion USD in 2020, up from 129 billion in 2015. Buildings’ resilience needs to increase to future proof our homes and work spaces. Efforts to decarbonize the sector played only a small role.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Leading Fairtrade partners, including top brands such as Ben & Jerry's, M&S, and Waitrose, have pledged to take accountability for their climate impact and work to bolster the climate resilience of global supply chains, following an open letter signed by 1.8 million Fairtrade farmers. Earlier this week, 1.8

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For example, in windy weather, the prices of renewable energy are low, and therefore, its financial benefit remains low, i.e., wind power becomes a less lucrative investment option. The funding round was led by Finnish investment company Innovestor Tech Fund, with Inventure also participating. Essent has 2.3

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The group has set a target of unlocking $100bn in public and private capital to improve access to clean power across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It said the investment would help reach one billion people with reliable, renewable energy, avoid four billion tons of carbon emissions, and create, enable, or improve 150 million jobs.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Decision-makers must begin to take full account of the vital ways in which groundwater can help ensure the resilience of human life and activities in a future where the climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable” adds Gilbert F. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the opportunities offered by the vast aquifers remain largely underexploited.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2021

Urgent steps to reduce the risks of water pollution, flooding, and drought are needed right across the world as part of broader measures to increase climate resilience, a major new University of Oxford-led research project has warned. However, Charles argued that "local policies and local investments can make a crucial difference". "It

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Pollution Resilience Education Africa 97

Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

WRI warns that flooding could aggravate coronavirus crisis in South and Southeast Asia and Africa, urging for increased investment globally in flood prevention. Otto urged countries seeking to boost economic growth to recover from the crisis to invest in flood resilient infrastructure and nature-based flood prevention solutions.

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Asia Africa Climate change Investment 82

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the billions,” says Daniel Kitwa, energy access finance advisor at the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA). billion allocated to sub-Saharan Africa. Others are simply behind schedule.”

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Significant extra demand also is expected from outside these economies, in particular in China, India and countries in Southeast Asia. A more than doubling in investments is required to deliver the region’s energy development and climate targets. However, the demand is expected to rise, growing by an average of 3.4%

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

2023 has kicked off with yet more extreme weather records being toppled, further underscoring the need for greater climate resilience. For example, a devastating drought has affected more than 36 million people in East Africa over the past year, pushing many to the brink of famine, while in West Africa 1.3

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As senior government ministers hymn the need for investment in net zero, UK’s export finance agency urges British renewables business to export their expertise overseas. The announcements come just day after a group of UK and Nordic pension funds announced they would raise $130bn for clean energy and climate investments by 2030.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future. Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

“I think we're just at the cusp of a real transformation of our startup ecosystem and seeing the cleantech startup ecosystem really blossom this year,” said Pratap Raju, founding partner of The Climate Collective Network, a non-profit focused on building the ecosystem for climate entrepreneurship in South Asia.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

per cent in 2019, with solar and wind making up 90 per cent of new additions, and Asia again dominating the market with 54 per cent of global capacity growth last year. At this challenging time, we are reminded of the importance of building resilience into our economies. Overall, renewables capacity expanded by 7.6

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Fossil fuels Hydropower Asia North America 87

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. Chantelle Ludski is serving as the North America and Asia Pacific COO for the Anthesis Group sustainability consultancy. On the move.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

Mars said it was also working on plans to expand the water risk programmes beyond Mexico to cover an additional six of its manufacturing sites in Asia and Africa "in the near future". Jason Morrison, president of the Pacific Institute and head of the CEO Water Mandate, welcomed Mars' inclusion in the coalition.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

We will now begin an unprecedented programme of new investment, taking forward our 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution by funding British research and development in green technologies, and helping the developing world with the UK's International Climate Finance.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

A group of over 500 global investment managers with more than $39tr in assets under management have this week issued a new statement urging governments around the world to raise their climate ambitions in line with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C ahead of the upcoming COP27 Climate Summit.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 25, 2023

The strategic acquisition forms part of the company’s continuing expansion, vying in growing markets in the Middle East, North Africa, China and other countries. Technologically, the company has expanded its capabilities to include PV generation, green hydrogen production and energy storage.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The UK government will today announce a new £290m funding package to bolster climate resilience and adaptation measures in developing countries, as it hosts a meeting of ministers from around the world to discuss how to further boost flows of climate adaptation funding.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

But the clean energy transition modeled by the International Energy Agency requires a massive investment in emerging and developing countries - at least $600bn in capital investment - something that has failed to materialize. Southeast Asia - a solar microgrid that will be paired with a micro-hydro system in Borneo.

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Energy Energy Asia Africa 39

Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The transformative potential and power of mini-grids in Rwanda, across Africa, and emerging markets more widely, is hugely exciting. "As ADB announces $200m Goal for Water Resilience Programme. The Asia and the Pacific Water Resilience Initiative, also known as RUWR: ARe yoU Water Resilient ?

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 22, 2023

But there is good news, we can help reduce eco-anxiety by investing in time-saving water pumps, filters, and pipes, improving climate-resilient water storage facilities, engaging the community about the benefit of girls’ education, and creating flexible school options like evening classes to accommodate girls with domestic duties.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 6, 2022

Advanced metering infrastructure, or AMI, is considered to be a key enabler for the global energy transition, enabling future services, optimising grid visibility and optimising grid investment. Investment planning and execution – a challenge for utilities to optimise and ease investments. Reforming business models.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

From hospitality and travel to manufacturing and digital services, every sector is understandably keen to highlight how - with the right policy support and investment - they can help drive desperately needed economic activity. At this stage you are guaranteed fantastic value for money," Anderson told the Guardian in an interview.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Because finance and investment are the lifeblood of net zero projects - and we can only meet this challenge together. I know the drive to deliver a return on investment and the search for growth areas in the economy. adaptation and resilience. Experience working in the private sector. And you will be welcomed and right to do so.

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Investment Resilience Africa South America 52

Eco-Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

BANGKOK, November 19 2019 - USAID is partnering with Rabo Foundation to accelerate the foundation's ability to invest sustainably by designing and conducting carbon monitoring of the foundation's investments. Rabo Foundation's investments are spread over 22 countries, including seven in Asia.

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Investment Energy Monitor Sustainability Asia 9

Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This would mean a doubling of the urban environment and equivalent to 70 million people moving to cities every year for the next three decades, with close to 90 per cent of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa. Peter Michaelis is head of Liontrust's sustainable investment team.

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Climate change Global warming Health Sustainability 55

Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Deforestation and fires have soared in the Amazon Rainforest in recent years, while huge global demand for products such as palm oil, soy, and timber is also driving destruction of critical forests in Asia, Africa, and beyond. Corporate efforts to combat the issue have also largely failed.

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Biodiversity Africa Carbon Global warming 69

Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

“For more than a decade, we’ve understood that investing in portfolio companies requires more than a check. Prior to that, Avra was a Director at National Grid Partners, a corporate venture capital firm investing in a digitized, cleaner energy future.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Just seven percent are based in Africa. Ian Scoones, a researcher at the Institute for Sustainable Development argues that often industrial, intensive producers “lump all livestock in together” – forgetting over 200 million herders, shepherds and small-scale producers who live mostly in Africa and Asia.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Leaders at the UN Food Systems Summit and upcoming climate change negotiations (COP26) must acknowledge the important links between climate change, food security, and trade, say the authors, and take action to build systemic resilience to climate impacts through multilateral cooperation. Key findings per commodity.

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Climate change Agriculture Africa Resilience 235

Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

An all you need to know guide for businesses to the IPCC’s guidebook on building climate resilience and adaptation. Under the same conditions, people in Africa's tropical regions are projected to lose between three to 41 per cent of their fisheries' yield by the end of the century due to local extinctions of marine fish.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The announcement is the latest in a string of new decarbonisation measures across Asia confirmed since China announced in September that it was aiming to deliver net zero emissions by 2060. Reports: EU to deny gas plants green investment label.

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Asia Africa Climate change Fossil fuels 36

Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

There had also been speculation that candidates from Asia or Africa were likely to be preferred given the past four holders of the post have been from Latin America and Europe. However, his purported appointment comes as something of a surprise given the UN had indicated that it would "especially welcome" female candidates.

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