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Scaling Climate Finance for Smallholder Agriculture: Lessons Learned from Partnering with Farmer-Allied Businesses

James Militzer

Yet agricultural livelihoods are highly vulnerable to climate change. Rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns reduce crop yields and increase poverty. Climate shocks like extreme droughts, flooding or super hurricanes can destroy farms and lives and lead to forced migration. of global climate financing.

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AllianceBernstein: Investing Lessons From Climate School, Class of 2023

3BL Media

ESG in Action Climate change is already materially affecting financial and economic outcomes, and that impact is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. That’s why AllianceBernstein, in partnership with Columbia University’s Climate School, developed the Climate Change and Investment Academy.

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Farmers, Financiers Urged to Seek Pastures New

Chris Hall

But the reports also highlight the environmental and revenue risks from current finance flows, which are currently fuelling climate change. US banks financed and facilitated 63.1 Brazil currently accounts for 20% of global beef exports and ranks second in the world for beef stock, with 232 million cattle.

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America’s Top 10 Companies for Environmental Performance in 2022

Just Capital

On the “E” in ESG in particular, 86% of Americans we polled, across political parties, were in favor of federal disclosure requirements for climate data. The SEC’s move also comes as the need for more ambitious climate action becomes increasingly urgent. C Science Based Target Climate positive commitment Drawdown Labs partnership.

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Reshaping Africa’s Food Systems: Three Opportunities to Drive Sustainable, Inclusive and Scalable Impact

James Militzer

Farmers and agribusinesses, already struggling to support the continent’s growing population, are now forced to confront the added shocks of climate change. Alarmingly, though Africa’s food systems are on the frontlines of climate change, they remain on the peripheries of climate finance. as-a-service” models).