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Climate Loss & Damage as Direct Cash Transfers: Evidence From Malawi

Climate loss and damage cost developing countries $400 billion a year and could rise to $1 trillion a year by 2050. In March 2023, Cyclone Freddy dropped six months’ worth of rainfall in six days in Malawi’s densely populated southern region, triggering floods and mudslides that displaced 659,000 people, destroyed 440,000 acres of farmland, and led to the loss of 1.4 million livestock.

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Unlocking Local Value: Rethinking Benefit Sharing in African Carbon Projects

CAP-A’s latest report explores the pivotal role that Benefit Sharing Mechanisms (BSMs) play in ensuring carbon projects in Africa are both effective and equitable. Through in-depth case studies from Zambia and Kenya, the report shows how integrating traditional knowledge, fostering community leadership, and establishing robust governance frameworks can significantly enhance the impact of these projects.

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Forecasting Green Jobs in Africa

Shortlist, in collaboration with FSD Africa and Boston Consulting Group have released a joint report that forecasts 1.5 to 3.3M new green jobs by 2030 in 12 main value chains. Solar and Climate Smart Agriculture present the highest job opportunities, followed by aquaculture and poultry, and waste remediation and recycling.

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“Carbon Credit Finance Can Bring Clean Cooking to Every Home in Africa” an OP-ED by Peter Scott

“Today, carbon finance alone can generate the capital needed to lead the clean cooking transition. The amount needed is less than people might imagine, for example, a $1 billion investment can deliver ~30 million stoves. These stoves can then generate enough carbon credit revenue over a 7-year crediting period to repay the principal investment and still subsidise an additional 50 million stoves, or about the number of stoves that Africa needs each year.”

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“More Money, Fewer Problems: Closing Africa’s Climate Finance Gap” a report by BCG

🔹 $2.4 trillion is required until 2030 to meet Africa’s climate needs, but only 12% of this funding has been met or committed. 🔹 Macroeconomic uncertainty, opportunity cost of capital, and investor risk assessment—resulting in financing costs 5-6% greater than in comparable emerging markets—creates a major impediment to investment flow into green sectors.

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CAP-A’s Energy Dashboard

CAP-A, in collaboration with Dalberg Research, has launched the beta version of their Energy Dashboard - a new online interactive energy platform. Using world-class data from, amongst others, the Global Wind Atlas and Global Solar Atlas, the dashboard provides detailed renewable energy data across Africa, offering valuable insights for stakeholders in various sectors to facilitate decision-making and planning for green industry.

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Pathways to Electricity Access Expansion in South Sudan: Off-grid and Mini-grid Market Assessment

EED Advisory conducted a national off-grid and mini-grid market assessment of South Sudan, revealing that only 5.4% of South Sudanese have access to electricity. The research shows that 94.7% of households lack electricity, with only 1.8% connected to mini-grids, 0.03% using diesel generators, and 3.44% using off-grid technologies.

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Empowering Women in Clean Energy: Advancing and Retaining an Equitable Workforce

Within this report, readers will find a framework for understanding the causes of gender inequity in African clean energy, as well as stories and perspectives from current, former, and prospective female employees in the clean energy sector to better understand how women can be better recognised, while also offering approaches and interventions that may help.

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Investing in Climate Tech Innovation in Africa

The Catalyst Fund launched the report "Investing in Climate Tech Innovation in Africa." The report includes insights into the sectors, technologies, target users, geographies, founder characteristics, funding trends, and exit paths of climate ventures in Africa. These insights are produced as part of a philanthropic effort to progress the climate resilience ecosystem with the support of FSD Africa, UNIDO, GEF, and JPMorgan Chase.

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Shortlist's Report

Shortlist launched the report titled “Bottlenecks & Breakthroughs: Advancing Gender Equity in African Clean Energy”, that delves into women’s employment potential and rate in clean energy.

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