Microinsurance offers financial protection to those most vulnerable to climate threats, but investors are being deterred by misconceptions over the risks involved, according to a new report.
Chief impact officer Servane Metzger-Corrigou has been named executive director of the endowment fund, which is now expanding its efforts beyond France into the wider European region and francophone Africa.
The fund has also announced its first investment into Bioline AgroSciences, which designs, produces and supplies microbials to replace pesticides in agricultural crops.
Young people can be most effective leaders in the fight against climate change. But to scale their solutions, they need support from experienced professionals, policymakers, and investors, writes Florian Hoffmann, founder of the DO School.
The CEO and co-founder of Chi Impact Capital talks to Impact Investor about geopolitical noise and climate fatigue, but also rising momentum, innovation, and the importance of impact venture capital to fund new impactful solutions.
The German residential real estate technology platform says it will use the investment to deploy significant capital over the next 24 months to drive the green transition of Germany’s housing sector.
The funding aims to drive sustainable growth by facilitating lending to climate-related projects and women-led enterprises, expanding financial inclusion, and helping to close the region’s $42bn gender financing gap.
The fund managed by the Swiss impact investor focuses on projects in emerging and developing countries committed to slashing greenhouse gas emissions by at least one-fifth.
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