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ExxonMobil Pledges To Deepen Support For Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Industry
Daily Independent
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July 29, 2025
1 LAGOS – ExxonMobil has pledged to deepen support for the growth of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Mr. Jagir Baxi, its new Chairman and Managing Director, and Lead Country Manager, of its affiliates in Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement....
PNG50 Gospel Music Festival set for August
Pngbuzz.com
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July 27, 2025
As Papua New Guinea approaches its 50th year of Independence, a powerful wave of faith and unity is building across the nation. At the heart of this movement is the Jubilee Reset Gospel Music Festival, taking place on August 23–24, 2025, at Sir...
PNG PM Marape on Mission Abroad: LNG Deals and Climate Talks Top Agenda
One Papua New Guinea
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July 3, 2025
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is on a 10-day overseas trip to the United States and United Kingdom where he will engage with energy giants and attend a high-level climate roundtable hosted by King Charles III. The Prime Minister...
Green Climate Fund, UNEP boost climate adaptation for Ghana, Mauritania
Panapress
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July 2, 2025
02 july 2025 - 11:04:42 MA/AO 141 Views Panafrican News Agency Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PANA) – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over US$ 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and...
Green Climate Fund reforms aim to fix “slow, cumbersome” accreditation process
Climate Home News
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July 4, 2025
The board of the Green Climate Fund this week adopted reforms that aim to make it quicker and easier for organisations in developing countries to become eligible to apply for funds for climate projects. Achala Abeysinghe, director of investment...
India-EU Relations: Charting New Vistas for Climate Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
The Diplomat
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July 3, 2025
Among the host of commitments that found their way into the Leaders’ Statement during the visit of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to India in February 2025 was the need for greater cooperation across a number of areas...
DBN to tap up to N$4.65 billion climate project funding
Windhoek Observer
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Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has received official accreditation from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a direct access entity under the medium-sized project category. DBN’s chief of marketing and corporate affairs,...
PNG, Spain to address issues on biodiversity
The National
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PAPUA New Guinea (PNG) looks forward to cooperating and contributing meaningfully with Spain on issues concerning biodiversity, climate change, global health, ocean governance and sustainable development, says Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae. Sir...
DFC Secures Green Climate Fund Accreditation, Unlocking $100M per Project
Love FM
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July 4, 2025
In a major step for climate financing in Belize, the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has been officially accredited by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Through the accreditation, the DFC can now access up to 100 million Belize dollars per...
Hosting climate board meet a first for region
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 2, 2025
PAPUA New Guinea has successfully hosted the 42nd Board Meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF B42) in Port Moresby this week. This marks the first time a Pacific Island country has hosted a GCF Board Meeting, presenting a unique opportunity for...
SANBI secures R700m for South Africa’s climate-vulnerable communities
Cape Town ETC
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July 3, 2025
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has secured a grant of over R700 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to support climate change adaptation in the country’s most vulnerable regions. The funding was approved on the 1st...
SANBI to implement eco-disaster risk reduction project with Green Climate Fund support
IOL
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The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) will receive a R700 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to aid SANBI’s Eco-Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco DRR) project. The GCF announced their support for nature-based disaster...
Namibia's Development Bank officially accredited by Green Climate Fund
Xinhua News Agency
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WINDHOEK, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has become the first Namibian institution to gain official accreditation by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as a Direct Access Entity under the medium-sized project category. The...
Green Climate Fund to provide $36. 1 million grant for Nepal
Nepal Press
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July 2, 2025
KATHMANDU: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved almost Rs 5 billion in grants to help Nepal reduce the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). The 42nd Board Meeting of the GCF held in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday approved the...
Green Climate Fund to provide $36.1 million in grant for Nepal
OnlineKhabar
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July 2, 2025
File Kathmandu, July 2 The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved almost Rs 5 billion in grant to help Nepal reduce the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). The 42nd Board Meeting of the GCF held in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday...
PM thankful for K261 million climate funding
The National
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Prime Minister James Marape has thanked the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for approving US$63.4 million (about K261.5 million) which the nation would use “on adaption”. Marape yesterday said that the Fund had approved allocations for the Pacific...
Green Climate Fund awards R700 million to South Africa for climate disaster resilience
IOL
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MILLIONS of vulnerable South Africans stand to benefit after the country secured a multimillion-rand grant for eco-friendly disaster risk management. It comes as the country grapples with changing weather patterns and the effects of climate...
PNG PM Marape Announces End to New Forestry Licences, Calls for Climate Action
One Papua New Guinea
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July 1, 2025
PNG Prime Minister James Marape has declared that no new forestry licences will be issued in Papua New Guinea after September 16, reinforcing his government’s commitment to environmental protection and sustainable development. Speaking at the 42nd...
Three scholars embark on academic journey to Japan
The Islandsun
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July 29, 2025
BY CHRIS ALEX Marking a significant milestone for the Solomon Islands human resource development, three promising public servants have been selected as the country’s first recipients of the prestigious Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
Nepal secures $36.1 million Green Climate Fund grant to combat glacial flood threats
Khabarhub
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July 2, 2025
KATHMANDU: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a grant of $36.1 million to help Nepal mitigate the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), a major and accelerating climate risk in the Himalayan region. The decision was...