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Brazil’s Eco Invest Programme: Boosting Amazon’s Bioeconomy Amidst Environmental Challenges

In a significant move to bolster ecological investment in the Amazon, Brazil has pledged 3.1 billion reais (USD…
#Environment #amazons #bioeconomy #blendedfinance #Brazil #climatechange #deforestation #EcoInvest #EnvironmentalPolicy #investment #sustainabletourism
https://www.europesays.com/3017172/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/179135/ Namibia Launches $88M ‘DBN For Her’ Facility to Unlock Women-Led Business Growth #AFAWA #AfricaDevelopment #AfricanDevelopmentBank #BlendedFinance #DBNForHer #GenderFinance #InclusiveGrowth #Namibia #NamibiaEconomy #SMEFinancing #WomenEntrepreneurs

https://www.europesays.com/africa/164772/ Kenya’s new infrastructure fund is long overdue, but design flaws could limit its impact #BlendedFinance #ButDesignFlawsCouldLimitItsImpact #DevelopmentFinance #FiscalPolicy #GovernanceAndOversight #Headlines #InfrastructureInvestment #Kenya #KenyaPublicDebt #Kenya’sNewInfrastructureFundIsLongOverdue #NationalInfrastructureFund #news #Privatisation #PublicPrivatePartnerships

DFIs and foundations push African climate VC to first close

Persistent has reached first close for the Persistent Africa Climate Venture Fund with $52 million in commitments and…
#Climate #ClimateChange #Climate-Change #blendedfinance #climatechange #climatesolutions #decarbonisation #DevelopmentFinanceInstitutions #energytransition #Familyoffices #foundations&endowments #globalwarming #investorallocations
https://www.europesays.com/2852240/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/98052/ Sterling One Champions $100bn Africa Investment Agenda #AfricaInvestment #AfricanUnion #Agenda2063 #BlendedFinance #EconomicInclusion #Ethiopia #GenderEquality #InclusiveFinance #SterlingOneFoundation #WomenEmpowerment #YouthEmpowerment

Appel à propositions pour les instituts africains : financez une recherche sur la mobilisation du capital local pour le climat. Budget jusqu’à 90 000 Canadiens.
#financeclimatique #blendedfinance #capitallocal #entrepreneursafricains #appelàpropositions #financementmixte #rechercheclimatique #FacilityLearningHub #ClimatePolicyInitiative #Convergence #opportunitéAfrique #mobilisationducapital #institutionslocales #financementdurable #innovationfinancière

https://entreprend.net/projet-de-recherche-sur-la-mobilisation-du-capital-local/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"The climate crisis is complicated and requires a balance of considerations. Instead of focusing efforts on making the ‘green’ economy most profitable, we should focus on reducing how much energy we use, producing energy more sustainably, and ensuring that we are not leaving workers and communities behind. We cannot just hope that the market will solve the problem. It is unlikely to do so.

For example, the Canadian Infrastructure Bank and the Canadian Growth Fund are two federal government initiatives premised on the hope that for every dollar of public money we spend, we will supposedly leverage $2, $3, $5, $10 of private capital to advance public goods. And that has never panned out because at the end of the day, we are just asking and hoping that the private sector will deliver public goods. But private investors will not do that unless they think they will make a profit. Some of these projects are either not inherently profit-making, or they require long-term investments that might make a profit eventually but not in the short term.

To make matters worse, under the current market model, the state provides subsidies and other support for private investments that would have been made anyway. For example, the government might provide a 40% tax credit, but the company was going to build that wind farm anyway, and they pocket the extra 40%. That is not a very good use of public money."

https://socialistproject.ca/2025/02/climate-finance-limits-of-market-fundamentalism/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #BlendedFinance #ClimateFinance #MarketFundamentalism