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Our series Loss & Damage explores what it would look like to localize climate funding
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Zimbabwe’s climate strategy isn't responsive to rural communities; Green Institute engaged citizens to change that.
Ben Wrobel

Forty grantees have been chosen through a unique participatory process
Ben Wrobel

Most black women in Brazil’s grassroots and territorial organizations work informally – reinforcing inequalities
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Brazilian philanthropy is often treated as a single, unified field, but that’s an oversimplification of a diverse and complex sector.
Maria Amalia Souza

East Africa’s potato boom is transforming farming, markets, and food security through innovation and rising demand
Wambui JL

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