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  • Supporting Green-Skilled Displaced People Using Climate Capital

    Center for Global Development Jan 6, 2026

    Earlier this year, Green Horizons launched, aiming to connect 10,000 displaced people and host community members with jobs critical to the green transition. Since that time, we have been refining Green…

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    The Battle Over a Global Energy Transition Is on Between Petro-States and Electro-States – Here’s What to Watch for in 2026

    The Conversation Jan 5, 2026

    Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner.” The plan included tripling…

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  • Wildfire Insurance Affordability Issues Impact Rural Communities’ Disaster Preparedness

    The Daily Yonder Jan 5, 2026

    There is one fire hydrant in the entire Four Mile Fire Protection District. This backcountry northwest of Boulder, Colorado, is full of switchback canyons and nearly-dry creeks late into the…

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    The French City Reaping the Rewards of Making Every Bus Free to Ride

    Reasons to Be Cheerful Jan 5, 2026

    The open-air central bus station in Dunkirk feels like a Formula 1 pit lane. In the space of a few minutes, a dozen pink, green and blue buses speed in…

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    When the War on Poverty Left Them Behind, This Appalachian Community Forged Their Own Path Forward

    The Rural Blog Jan 5, 2026

    The U.S. War on Poverty was launched more than 60 years ago as a social and humanitarian-driven initiative to address extreme poverty in regions like Appalachia. But for residents in…

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  • The Racial Divide in AI Data Center Development

    Capital B News Jan 5, 2026

    In December, on a two-lane road not far from the ACE Basin, a protected ecosystem and wildlife refuge in South Carolina, Paul Black drove past St. Paul AME Church and…

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  • 2025 in Tropical Forest Deforestation and Conservation

    Mongabay Jan 2, 2026

    The story of the world’s tropical forests in 2025 was not one of dramatic reversal, but one shaped by accumulated pressure. In several regions, deforestation slowed. In others, loss continued…

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  • The Future of Climate Finance in the Global South

    Alliance Magazine Jan 1, 2026

    Brazilian philanthropy arrived at COP30 in Belém ready to highlight practical, on-the-ground climate solutions for the future of climate finance in the Global South. Renata Piazzon, CEO of Instituto Arapyaú,…

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    How an Irish Dairy Farmer Is Protecting Water and Soil for the Next Generation

    Food Tank Dec 31, 2025

    Third-generation Irish dairy farmer William Dennehy tends to his livestock and land with a deep sense of responsibility—to his community, his environment, and the generations that will follow. His 96-cow…

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  • Funding Indigenous-Led Recovery From Typhoon Halong’s Devastation

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy Dec 31, 2025

    In October 2025, Typhoon Halong battered Alaska’s western coast, leaving a trail of destruction across rural, coastal Alaska Native communities. Villages like Kipnuk and Kwigillingok were nearly wiped out. In…

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    Refugee-Led Organic Agricultural Cooperative Inspires Farming in Syria

    TriplePundit Dec 31, 2025

    Mahmoud Barhum crouches amid neat rows of radish and lettuce seedlings on his small organic plot in Qumaisa, a quiet village nestled in the rural rolling hills on Syria’s Mediterranean…

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  • Conservation in the Northeast Indian Wetlands: Celebrating the Advocacy of the ‘Stork Sisters’

    Reasons to Be Cheerful Dec 30, 2025

    At a landfill on Majuli, which is said by many to be the world’s largest riverine island, a cluster of ungainly birds peck at garbage. Here, on the river Brahmaputra in…

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