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Global women’s health just got a $250M boost. From maternal care to mental health to frontline community clinics, Pivotal Ventures’ new grants back solutions already driving results—many previously overlooked by funders. Flexible capital to scale what works.

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More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates

More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.

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November 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM

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Despite headwinds, there are plenty of nuances that suggest the US market will remain a vital one for impact managers.

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Read More: https://www.newprivatemarkets.com/impact-finds-new-centres-of-gravity/

Impact investing finds new centres of gravity

With fundraising in the doldrums and US LPs backing away, impact-focused GPs must look elsewhere for capital.

www.newprivatemarkets.com

November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM

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Check out the Devex focus page for all #COP30 coverage, including the daily reporters’ notebook.

https://ow.ly/xcVR50XrMAS

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November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM

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New study finds it's not too late to reduce AI's environmental impact with smart data center planning and decarbonizing the electrical grid. #COP30

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10112025/ai-growth-environmental-damage-study

‘It’s Not Too Late:’ New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News

Researchers warn that U.S. data centers could devour vast amounts of energy and water unless stronger guardrails shape the industry’s growth.

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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM

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The world was heading toward 4.8 degrees of warming before the Paris Climate Agreement. That estimate has declined to 2.3 to 3.4 degrees of warming, thanks to the climate action taken since 2015 and the actions expected over the next 25 years.

#COP30 Rhodium Group

https://ow.ly/wKe850XroHz

Rhodium Climate Outlook 2025: Probabilistic Global Emissions and Energy Baseline Projections

Today, a decade into implementation of the Paris Agreement, there has already been meaningful decarbonization progress. Renewable electricity and electric vehicle technologies are being deployed at scale…

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November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM

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“If you don’t have some of those things that funders are looking for, like a strong business model, they don’t care how impactful you are." Read other great insights from #SOCAP25 SOCAP Global Sorenson Impact

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November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM

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#ICYMI Dr. Sasha Luccioni of Hugging Face captured the tension between AI’s promise for #Climate Action and its growing environmental footprint. #COP30 is a good time to revisit this talk #AIforGood

https://ow.ly/QZLm50XqCbl

https://medium.com/startingupgood/the-ai-climate-dichotomy-e8b4f687a8b6

AI and Climate Change: Balancing Innovation and Sustainability

Artificial intelligence could help fight climate change, or quietly make it worse. That paradox framed the session “AI and Climate Change: Balancing Innovation and Sustainability,” held on the Centre Stage at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva from 8 to 11 July 2025.

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November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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Breaking #AI news: Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/11/metas-chief-ai-scientist-yann-lecun-reportedly-plans-to-leave-to-build-his-own-startup/

Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup | TechCrunch

Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.

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November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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Key takeaways from the 2025 IFRS Sustainability Symposium (Oct 30). International standards enable a level playing field for companies. Investors want to receive material, high-quality information that reflects what is driving decision-making within a company.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/Zo6850XqBsW

IFRS - IFRS Sustainability Symposium 2025—Key takeaways

The IFRS Foundation is a not-for-profit, public interest organisation established to develop high-quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted accounting and sustainability disclosure standards.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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One of many great insight articles from Business Fights Poverty's coverage of #COP30

https://ow.ly/nm1150Xqclk

Investing in Women-Led Organisations to Fight Climate Impacts in Global Supply Chain Communities

As climate risks intensify, women in global supply chains face mounting health, safety, and economic challenges. This article highlights the critical role of women-led organisations in building resilience and calls for flexible funding and workplace-community investments.

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November 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM

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Salesforce mitigates #AI's large power and water consumption to return to Newsweek’s ranking of America's Greenest Companies 2026. See how:

https://www.newsweek.com/nw-ai/salesforces-ai-experience-americas-greenest-companies-10996897

Salesforce Uses Decades of AI Expertise to Drive Green Solutions

Salesforce’s Sunya Norman tells Newsweek how the company is leveraging its decades-long AI experience to solve today's problems.

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November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM

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The new engines of the clean economy are middle-income countries (60% of global emissions, 40% of GDP). 110 countries have returned to the Paris Agreement with stronger climate plans. Emerging economies now generate more than half the world’s solar power. #Progress #COP30

https://ow.ly/pwBu50Xqbcb

The Global South Is the Climate Future

The next phase of climate action is economic, and it's happening in the Global South, writes Ani Dasgupta.

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November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM

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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) launched with $5.5B in first-day commitments. The fund’s goal is to pay countries to protect their tropical forests through investments, not aid. Read its origin story Devex #COP30

https://ow.ly/nzH550XqaxK

Devex Invested: How the multibillion-dollar COP30 forest facility came to be

The story of how the the Tropical Forest Forever Facility went from an idea in 2009 to its launch last week. Plus, MDBs change their tune on climate finance, and DFC heads to New York.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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Macquarie Group, partnering with MIT Solve, will award up to $500K to innovative solutions focused on climate resilience and skill-building in Brazil. #AIforGood #COP30

https://ow.ly/eoV650XppTk

Macquarie Group launches prize for organisations building climate resilience solutions in Brazil | Macquarie Group

The Macquarie Community Resilience Prize, powered by MIT Solve, will award up to a total of $US500,000 to innovative solutions focused on climate resilience and skill-building in Brazil.

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November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM

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Some positive #ClimateFinance news leading up to #COP30:
- Pension funds & other long-term investors known as “asset owners” continue to strengthen #SustainableFinance engagement
- US clean energy stocks surge as tech companies look to power #AI data centers

https://ow.ly/xU8F50XpoEX

Climate finance feels the chill as net zero alliances unravel

As banking and insurance groups retreat under pressure, pension and sovereign funds keep the climate focus alive

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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM

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Pitchbook introduces AI assistant that provides market insights based on user prompts & is also integrating with OpenAI to allow paid users to access information directly through ChatGPT.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/pitchbook-introduces-ai-tool-navigaton-integrates-with-chatgpt.html

As private tech market heats up, PitchBook makes startup data available via ChatGPT

PitchBook is launching PitchBook Navigator, a new generative AI tool that produces private market insights based on user prompts.

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November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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COP Watch plans to keep investors ahead of the curve during #COP30.

#ImpInv #ClimateAction

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November 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM

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Devex is a great resource for staying on top of #COP30 news.

https://ow.ly/B61f50Xp5Lo

Climate Change

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November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM

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Important conferences on our radar this week:
1️⃣ #COP30 https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2025-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-30/
2️⃣ #WebSummit https://websummit.com/
3️⃣ Generative AI Week https://www.aidataanalytics.network/events-generative-ai-week/agenda-mc

Web Summit - Join the best tech conference in Europe | November 10-13, 2025

Web Summit brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry. Web Summit will return to Lisbon this November. Join us.

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November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM

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New report shows that companies have a clear business case for setting science-based client targets .

https://files.sciencebasedtargets.org/production/files/The-Impact-of-Setting-SBTs.pdf

November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM

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Check out Devex coverage of what to expect at #COP30

https://www.devex.com/news/cop30-opens-in-amazon-amid-pressure-on-forests-finance-adaptation-111286

COP30 opens in Amazon amid pressure on forests, finance, adaptation

As negotiators arrive in Belém, the test is no longer setting new goals but delivering on old ones — from financing forests to closing NDC gaps and defining how adaptation progress is measured.

www.devex.com

November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM

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Business Fights Poverty will be covering #COP30 with daily perspectives and panels live from Belem.

https://businessfightspoverty.org/climate-series/

Climate Series 2025

As world leaders gather for the COP30 Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil, join Business Fights Poverty and Fundação Dom Cabral to explore how businesses can put people at the centre of climate action.

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November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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Globally, 91% of companies by market cap disclosed sustainability-related information in 2024, up from 86% in 2022. The absolute number increased but remains 1/3rd of listed companies.

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2025/10/global-corporate-sustainability-report-2025_57b105f2.html