Tag: Climate

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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