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Future Earth leads health research and innovation

June 13, 2019
Christine Chumbler
Blog Post
The 2015 Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health final report, “ Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch ,” begins...
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Keywords: 
climate science, governance, health, partnership, private-sector engagement
Geography: 
Global
Tanzanian traditional hut

Transformational Approaches to Channel Finance into Action

February 27, 2019
Regina Bernhard
Johannes Schroeten
Jonathan Cook
Blog Post
This is the second blog in a two-part series detailing the Climate Finance Readiness Program (CF Ready), a program implemented by GIZ that receives...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, climate finance, emissions, low emission development strategies, private-sector engagement
Geography: 
Asia, Africa
Group of llamas walk near a lake in Peruvian highlands

Transformational Approaches to Channel Finance into Action

February 26, 2019
Regina Bernhard
Johannes Schroeten
Matthew Ogonowski
Blog Post
This is the first blog in a two-part series detailing the Climate Finance Readiness Program (CF Ready), a program implemented by GIZ that receives...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, climate finance, emissions, low emission development strategies, private-sector engagement
Geography: 
Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Africa
Young women from the Ita Guasu indigenous community in Paraguay, participate in the development of their community development plan.

A Systems Perspective to Climate Services

February 21, 2019
Olga Krylova
Robert O'Sullivan
Ali Blumenstock
Blog Post
What needs to come together in order to get a timely rainfall forecast to Senegalese farmers for the growing season? How can meteorologists in Rwanda...
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Keywords: 
Climate Risk Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, private-sector engagement, weather & climate services
Crocodile

Forest Alliance Pushes for Production Progress in Paraguay

September 7, 2018
Christine Chumbler
Blog Post
USAID’s Forest Conservation Agricultural Alliance (FCAA) is helping cattle and soy producers meet increased demand for their beef and crops while minimizing deforestation to Paraguay's vulnerable Chaco and Pantanal regions.
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Keywords: 
agriculture, ecosystems, governance, land use, partnership, private-sector engagement, rural, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean
GreenTech Media

In Nigeria, a Template for Solar-Powered Minigrids Emerges

July 24, 2018
Chris Warren
Blog Post
On a humid November day in the small Nigerian village of Gbamu Gbamu (pronounced bomb-ou bomb-ou), Akinola Oduola clambers down a wooden ladder...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, mitigation, private-sector engagement, rural
Geography: 
Africa
AF side event

Examining Climate Information Services from Production to Uptake

July 19, 2018
Learning Agenda on Climate Services in sub-Saharan Africa
Blog Post
Across the climate information services (CIS) sector, a number of topics are emerging at the forefront for new research and learning. These include...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, development donors, partnership, private-sector engagement, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa, Global
C40 blog

Progress Toward Financing Urban Infrastructure – An Update on the C40 Cities Finance Facility

March 30, 2018
Danielle Miley
Blog Post
We’ve all heard the numbers – the global infrastructure investment needed to keep up with projected economic growth is severely lacking. In cities, where 54% of the world’s population now lives , it is estimated that US$4.1 to 4.3 trillion in urban infrastructure investments is needed. To make that infrastructure climate resilient and emission reducing, the estimate increases by 9-27 %.
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate finance, infrastructure, mitigation, partnership, private-sector engagement, resilience, urban
Geography: 
Global, Latin America & Caribbean
CSRD

Climate Information Partnership Delivers Development Gains

March 6, 2018
Pete Epanchin
Blog Post
As climate patterns shift, governments around the world — whether national or local — are struggling to find reliable and comprehensive information...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, Climate Risk Management, partnership, private-sector engagement, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Global
Communtity spotlights blog - climate & PPPs

Community Spotlights: Public-Private Partnerships & Climate Change

February 28, 2018
Joyce-Lynn Njinga
Katherine Cunningham
Community Spotlights
This month Climatelinks focused on climate change-related public-private partnerships (PPPs). We highlighted approaches and experiences of PPPs...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, private-sector engagement, sustainable landscapes, Training
Geography: 
Global