Category: Africa

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Zindi Joins Forces with Microsoft to Empower Africans
Africa, Europe, Global

AI-Driven Solutions for Climate Disasters provided by Zindi and ITU at AI for Good 

Data scientists are developing prediction models for ITU on the Zindi platform to find the best data-driven solutions through data science competitions. September 20th 2023 Cape Town South Africa // Digital technologies directly benefit 70 per cent of SDG targets, say ITU. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has partnered with Zindi to develop solutions to important global challenges through a series of data science competitions … Continue reading AI-Driven Solutions for Climate Disasters provided by Zindi and ITU at AI for Good 

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Africa, Asia, Europe, Global, United States, Untied Kingdom

An ocean of opportunity

The world’s growing thirst for water is opening up a string of attractive investment opportunities. By choosing the right partners, investors can capitalize on this strongly performing commodity. Water has long been known as blue gold due to how precious the resource is in terms of sustaining life on Earth. But recently this moniker has also become an accurate description of the financial value of … Continue reading An ocean of opportunity

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climate
Africa, Global

To solve our food problems, we must look to the oceans

By EDF Oceans / Published: July 12, 2022 By Christopher Free and Willow Battista Earlier this spring, 1.5 million livestock died in the Horn of Africa. The immediate culprit was a severe, prolonged drought spurred by the growing effects of climate change. It’s a sign of weakening food systems in a warming world. But while land-based food systems are carbon-intensive and increasingly unstable, research shows aquatic food presents real, … Continue reading To solve our food problems, we must look to the oceans

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Climate Change
Africa, Europe, Global, Untied Kingdom

“From satellites to sandbags”: Putting water at the heart of climate action.

Published – 22 September 2023 (Press Release Number: 22092023) Geneva 22nd September 2023 As proved so tragically in Libya last week, while water holds the key to life, all too often it kills.    Whether – like in Derna – it’s too much water leading to floods, or too little water causing droughts, or polluted water resulting in health risks, addressing the dangers that water poses can save lives.  … Continue reading “From satellites to sandbags”: Putting water at the heart of climate action.

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Green Climate Fund
Africa, Asia, Global

From investment to impacts

News update – 20 Sep 2023 Annual GCF conference convenes key investors and fund managers to accelerate private climate investment The sixth annual GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) has wrapped up in Nairobi, Kenya, with entrepreneurs, project developers, and investors sharing best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the private sector’s contribution to finance for climate action in developing countries. The two-day event took place from … Continue reading From investment to impacts

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