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A network of central banks and regulators committed to climate action
The financial sector is increasingly mainstreaming climate-related risks into its analyses, in particular through the action of the NGFS, an international network of central banks and regulators. Deta...
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Collaborating to accelerate investment in climate adaptation and resilience
While there is an urgent need to step up action on climate adaptation, the action is not in step with the need. This is especially true of the required financing, particularly from the private sector....
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How cities can focus their climate adaptation and resilience actions
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and all are at risk from increasing climate change impacts ( floods, storms, extreme temperatures, among others) due to warming at alarming l...
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Helping financial institutions to scale up climate change adaptation for increased resilience
The financing of adaptation measures has not become widespread up to now due to a number of obstacles. These include – but are not limited to – insufficient harmonization of practices and terminology,...
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Investing in nature for water security: the power of collaboration
Around the world, the impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt and have become impossible to ignore. Stories of increased drought, more intense storms, and changing rainfall patterns are...
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Private sector action in analyzing climate risk data
Climate change is part of our daily lives. It must no longer be considered as a problem of the future but as a current challenge: it is essential to adapt our societies and systems. Private sector pla...
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Adenia IV
The Adenia IV fund mainly targets SMEs in the Indian Ocean and West Africa. It helps them go regional, diversify their products, and strengthen their organizational and managerial potential.
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How Seed Co Group is tackling climate change in Zimbabwe
Farmers in Southern Africa are grappling with the hazards of climate change and reduced rainfall. Seed Co Group – a company based in Zimbabwe – is attempting to provide them with solutions by developi...
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How important is adaptation finance for a just transition?
Climate adaptation entails responding to climate impacts that result in deteriorating living conditions. It requires private sector investment to scale alongside public investment, to supplement publi...
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What indicators for finance devoted to climate change adaptation?
Adaptation is by definition the response to a shock – in this case a climate shock. But if this issue is not identified and taken into account in the business practices and procedures of private playe...
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A model of resilience: Brazil’s leading private sanitation provider
Thanks to its business model – aligned with ESG principles – Aegea has become the leading private sanitation company in Brazil, servicing 154 cities in 2022 (up from 6 in 2010). Providing sanitary sew...
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Financing adaptation: the private sector’s role
The climate crisis has become increasingly evident in the last five years. Its alarming effects are also becoming more apparent. Thus, it has become clear that the actions taken to adapt to global cli...
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Building inclusive, green and resilient economies
Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has provided countries with a unique opportunity to 'build back better'. Leveraging this opportunity will entail ensuring that stimulus and policy packages are both...
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Responding to pandemics: development funders light the way
Three key figures in development finance institutions working with the healthcare sectors of developing countries provide their insights gleaned at the coalface of pandemic responses. The funding and...
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Propulse: a range of support to maximise the positive impact of our financings
Proparco uses Propulse to help its clients deploy their projects or improve their practices by providing targeted strategic or technical assistance tailored to their challenges. The aim is to boost th...
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Good governance: accelerating growth and sustainable development
Good governance principles and a management infrastructure are vital to reflection on sustainable development requirements and to ensuring they are properly applied. It is the very essence of a partic...
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Good corporate governance practices: constantly developing
Corporate governance appeared in the 1970s and has become a core component of the functioning of the private sector. It is both a process and a conceptual and organizational framework and is based on...
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“I’m hopeful about emerging companies entering the world of venture capitalbacked start-ups”
Twiga Foods is a B2B marketplace platform that sources produce – initially only bananas – from farmers at above-market prices and delivers them to retailers at below-market prices, accomplished throug...
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From the dream of a cashless Africa to a constantly expanding start-up: the Zoona story
Founded in 2009, the Zambian start-up Zoona is now in full expansion. Like all venture capital-backed start-ups, Zoona has been through its fair share of ups and downs. Its founder Mike Quinn gives us...
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Supporting start-ups in Africa: Schneider Electric’s approach
In Africa, Schneider Electric implements a strategy based on supporting innovation, by taking a commercial approach tailored to people’s needs, managing two specialized impact funds which focus on soc...
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