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Five Ways Climate Change Is Impacting Humanitarian Crises Around the World

3BL Media

The effects of climate change are all around us. Yet those most affected by climate change are already vulnerable populations, many of whom are living in some of the poorest countries in the world. Climate-driven extreme weather emergencies such as storms and droughts can damage crops and lead to massive food shortages.

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Five ways climate change is impacting humanitarian crises around the world

Cisco CSR

The effects of climate change are all around us. Yet those most affected by climate change are already vulnerable populations, many of whom are living in some of the poorest countries in the world. Climate-driven extreme weather emergencies such as storms and droughts can damage crops and lead to massive food shortages.

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Qualcomm Incorporated Releases Its Annual Corporate Responsibility Report, Focused on ESG Performance and Progress on Its Goals in 2023

3BL Media

Qualcomm’s ESG priorities include three areas of focus where the Company believes it can make the greatest impact — Empowering Digital Transformation, Acting Responsibly and Operating Sustainably. During this past year, Wireless Reach reached its 2025 goal to positively impacted the lives of over 27 million people since 2006.

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Cashing In on Sustainability: A Blended Finance Program Aims to Fight Climate Change by Catalyzing SME Investment in the Peruvian Amazon

James Militzer

According to Peru’s Ministry of Environment’s National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Peru (and the world) have lost an average of roughly 100,000 hectares of forest per year since 2006. These losses have only accelerated.

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Qualcomm’s 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: Driving Innovation, Societal Advancement, and Sustainability

3BL Media

Qualcomm’s ESG priorities include three areas of focus where the Company believes it can make the greatest impact — Empowering Digital Transformation, Acting Responsibly and Operating Sustainably. During this past year, Wireless Reach reached its 2025 goal to positively impacted the lives of over 27 million people since 2006.

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ICT Is a Solutions Sector

3BL Media

ICT generally refers to all devices, networking components and systems that allow people to interact in the digital world. The climate change challenge. The scale of the destruction this year would be the worst since records began in 2006. Part of the solution. The ICT sector itself only produces 1.4

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Cisco: Empowering Women and Transforming Economies Globally Through Inclusive Partnerships

3BL Media

Living Goods supports more than 11,400 digitally empowered community health workers in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Uganda to deliver life-saving care to more than 6 million people each year. With Cisco’s support over the last several years, Living Goods has enhanced their digital tools to improve the quality and scale of community health.