Category Archives: COP26

Climate finance partnership to fund community-led forest conservation

Climate finance partnership to fund community-led forest conservation November 11, 2021 A partnership aimed at addressing the climate financing gap for Indigenous communities has been launched with the goal of mobilizing $20 billion a year by 2030. Announced at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the Peoples Forests Partnership is designed to close a gap…
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Citi Joins Breakthrough Energy Catalyst as Anchor Partner to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition With $100 Million Commitment

Citi Joins Breakthrough Energy Catalyst as Anchor Partner to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition With $100 Million Commitment November 2, 2021 New York / Glasgow – Citi today announced a partnership with Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a groundbreaking program from Breakthrough Energy to accelerate the development of clean energy technologies that will help achieve net zero emissions by 2050.…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Threats

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Pledges $315 million to Support Innovations That Help Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Threats SEATTLE, November 2, 2021 – Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research partnership to help hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers adapt…
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Foundations announce climate action commitments at COP26

Foundations announce climate action commitments at COP26 November 3, 2021 Several foundations have announced commitments in support of climate action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held this week in Glasgow, Scotland. The Bezos Earth Fund pledged $2 billion — $1 billion each in support of landscape restoration and food systems transformation — as part of…
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