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UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
World’s first impact bond on weather, climate data opens for contributions
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) today opened for contributions to raise US$200 million towards a climate impact bond aimed at strengthening systematic observation of the planet and help close …
More than 2.7 million people across 17 regions in the Philippines have been reeling from a series of …
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
What can we see about climate change in macroeconomic data?
Year by year researchers improve and deepen our understanding of economic activity. The primary example, and probably the …
Imagine H2O Asia
Announcing Imagine H2O Asia’s 6th cohort of water entrepreneurs
The Singapore-based market access accelerator will support eight startups that are building groundbreaking solutions for Asia Pacific’s most …
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8 January 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
US$200 million ADB loan to help prepare climate-resilient Philippine infrastructure projects
31 May 2023
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