Tag: Climate

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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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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Sensible
Global, United States

Climate Finance Platform Sensible Weather Announces Strategic Investment From Amex Ventures

The investment will help advance Sensible Weather’s objective to support travel, event, and outdoor businesses by creating better experiences for consumers in the face of growing weather uncertainty. September 25, 2023 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time LOS ANGELES – Sensible Weather, a climate finance platform with a mission to empower people to confidently get out and experience the world around them, announced today that it … Continue reading Climate Finance Platform Sensible Weather Announces Strategic Investment From Amex Ventures

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UN Climate Ambition Summit
Europe, Global, United States

At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027

Press release – 20 Sep 2023 At the UN Climate Ambition Summit today in New York, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) announced the development of a large-scale, collaborative push to establish life-saving Early Warning Systems in some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. An initial injection of US$1.3 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will be used to kick-start a much larger initiative aimed … Continue reading At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realising Early Warnings for All by 2027

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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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Climate
Global, Untied Kingdom

UK pledges record $2 billion climate action funding for GCF at G20

The UK’s largest single climate funding commitment boosts GCF’s second replenishment and global climate action Press release – 11 Sep 2023 The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the UK government’s announcement of a USD 2 billion (£1.62 billion) pledge for its second replenishment (GCF-2). The announcement was made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on 9 September 2023. … Continue reading UK pledges record $2 billion climate action funding for GCF at G20

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AVANGRID
Global, United States

Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra Statement on Climate Week NYC

September 18, 2023 12:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time ORANGE, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pedro Azagra, CEO of Avangrid, Inc (NYSE: AGR), today issued the following statement to kick-off Climate Week NYC: “Climate change is an unprecedented global challenge that is creating an increased importance on providing clean energy solutions around the globe. Events like Climate Week NYC are critical because they raise the conversation around climate action and … Continue reading Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra Statement on Climate Week NYC

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