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Oct 08, 2024
What we can learn from New York Climate Week

Members of the GIF team recently attended Climate Week New York which took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. It was an action-packed week with inspiring conversations and high-level meetings throughout the city. Although our work to...

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Sep 05, 2024
Why inclusive solutions are vital for climate adaptation

Without urgent action, the World Bank predicts that more than 130 million people living in the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world will be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030. Climate adaptation efforts are about countries building long-term resilience to...

From trees to harvest: how one GIF grantee is increasing climate resilience in Nigeria Image
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Aug 27, 2024
From trees to harvest: how one GIF grantee is increasing climate resilience in Nigeria

In an effort to address the growing impacts of climate change, GIF grantee One Acre Fund plans to distribute 6 million free tree seedlings to 220,000 smallholder farmers across the Kwara, Nasarawa, and Niger states in Nigeria. This programme is...

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Jul 09, 2024
Inside London Climate Action Week

Recently I had the pleasure of participating in several events around London Climate Action Week. Now in its fifth year, LCAW is coming into its own in terms of the breadth and depth of the programme that was on offer...

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Jun 24, 2024
How innovation is improving access to clean energy

We are delighted to welcome several investments from GIF’s portfolio to our office this week, while they are in town to attend London Climate Action Week. This groundbreaking annual festival brings together individuals, organisations and communities to collaborate on finding...

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Jun 05, 2024
How investing in climate resilience can foster economic development

Led by the United Nations Environment Programme and celebrated annually on 5th June, World Environment Day 2024 is the largest global platform for public outreach to raise awareness and act to address the planet’s most-pressing environmental problems. This year, the...

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Jan 22, 2024
GIF announces new Climate Advisory Group

The Global Innovation Fund has appointed a team of expert advisors to support and elevate its work in climate adaptation. The five appointees have forged distinguished careers as academics, advisors, authors and policymakers. Their deep expertise and diverse perspectives will...

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Sep 22, 2023
Engaging for climate resilience: GIF attends Africa Climate Summit 2023

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit 2023 (ACS23) – one of four key region-focused climate conferences – took place earlier this month in Nairobi, Kenya. The event provided a crucial platform for innovators to showcase their solutions to pressing climate issues...

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Apr 02, 2023
Sida strengthens its commitment to supporting GIF’s climate work

We’re delighted to announce that Sida, Sweden’s government agency for development cooperation, has reaffirmed its partnership with GIF, allocating an additional 70m SEK ($6.6 million) to help us invest in more innovations across the developing world, including those focused on...

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Nov 08, 2022
How UK aid is building global climate resilience

According to the World Bank, “climate change will push up to 130 million people into poverty over the next 10 years, unravelling hard-won development gains, and could cause over 200 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050”...

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Sep 26, 2022
For innovative companies offering solutions to the climate emergency, the moment is now

The world’s largest diplomatic convention is taking place in New York this week, with the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) taking place in-person for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The agenda includes the ongoing impact of...

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Nov 08, 2021
GIF Launches New Climate Resilience and Adaptation Fund

A new GIF fund that will invest in innovations that aim to support people living on less than $5 per day to build resilience to the inevitable changes in climate was launched today at the COP26 summit. The Innovating for...