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Support for small-scale farmers to fight climate change

June 24, 2021/by insnet editor

All over the world, it’s small scale farmers who suffer severely from climate change. Effects can differ locally, but hit the poorest hardest. In South Sudan, IFAD set up a support program, investing almost 20 million US dollar which will affect some 40,000 local households of small-scale food producers. A new US$19.9 million project will […]

ABN AMRO launches 425 million euro fund for sustainable impact companies

June 23, 2021/by insnet editor

ABN AMRO is proud to announce the Sustainable Impact Fund (SIF), a fund investing in companies accelerating the transition towards a sustainable and inclusive society. ABN AMRO SIF will make private equity investments of 4 to 30 million euros in companies that have a proven business model and that are ready for the next phase of their […]

The lungs of the Earth are emitting CO2, no longer absorbing it
The world’s tropical rainforests, once known as the lungs of the Earth, are losing their ability to store carbon. New satellite data show that vast forest regions are now emitting more CO₂ than they absorb.
COP30 in Belém Ends with an Open Door to Ecocide
An open door to ecocide is the stark conclusion when adding up all the measures that were postponed or not taken at COP30. The gap between what’s needed to halt further global warming and climate disruption, and what countries actually agreed to do, keeps widening. And it grows even further because many of the promises that were made are not being fulfilled — as history keeps showing.
How Bill Gates frustrates climate action and COP30
Is a billionaire's opinion important just because they are a billionaire? A new We Don’t Have Time analysis exposes how the world’s most influential philanthropist quietly shifted his climate agenda, bankrolled a think tank known for promoting climate delay, and released a well-timed message that eclipsed the UN Secretary-General’s most urgent warning yet.