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Allianz and Dutch Development Bank Back $1.1 Billion Sustainable Loans Fund
The fund is the largest of its type since 2018 and one of the five biggest to date, according to Convergence.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Finance, Investing
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- Global
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Press Release: IFC Supports New Fund to Address Infrastructure Gaps, Cut Carbon Emissions Across Asia and Africa
$1 billion EMIF II Fund will support critical transport infrastructure and renewable energy projects in select high growth markets in South and Southeast Asia and Africa.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global
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BlackRock Agrees to Invest $400 Million in Dubai Decarbonization Firm Positive Zero
The investment will help Positive Zero, a decentralized decarbonization infrastructure business, with its goal of boosting energy transition projects in Gulf countries.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: Global Digital Health Monitor launches State of Digital Health Report 2023
The GDHM enables countries and regions to track their digital health maturity over time, advocate for resources, identify countries that are performing well to facilitate cross-country learning, and support private sector entrepreneurs and investors.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Press Release: IIX’s Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 6 Breaks New Ground with US$100 Million Issuance as the Largest Orange Bond in the Market, Expected to Empower Over 880,000 Women and Girls in the Global South
WLB6 sets a new industry standard as the largest Orange and Sustainability labeled Bond in the market, doubling in size compared to its predecessor.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Global
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EU Countries Reinstate Nuclear Among ‘Strategic’ Net-Zero Technologies
The label will allow nuclear power to benefit from streamlined licensing procedures.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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Indian Companies Are Bringing One of the World’s Most Toxic Industries to Africa. People Are Getting Sick.
Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.
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- Energy, Environment, WASH
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- Global
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- manufacturing, recycling, waste
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