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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

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

James Militzer

Informed by this data from our partners, Root Capital prioritized three climate solutions for our climate finance offering: resilient farm management, especially support for agroforestry and regenerative soil management practices; business nurseries for climate-resilient crops and shade trees; and climate-smart business infrastructure.

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AllianceBernstein: Investing Lessons From Climate School, Class of 2023

3BL Media

Program Objectives To support client and partner efforts to better discern, analyze and integrate financially material climate change considerations into their investment and capital allocation decisions. It’s also about the environment. If your soil is dry and lacks nutrients, your crops will have an inherently difficult time growing.

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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

The development sector’s ability to unlock this funding will rest in part on how well we can show what really works — particularly in areas currently popular with donors, such as regenerative agriculture and Productive Use of Energy, which have yet to demonstrate scale.