World Central Kitchen commits $1 billion to families impacted by the climate crisis November 9, 2021 World Central Kitchen has announced a ten-year, $1 billion commitment in support of communities impacted by extreme weather events caused by the climate crisis. Seeded with $50 million of a $100 million gift from Jeff Bezos made in July in recognition of…
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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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