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Our takeaways from the Africa Climate Summit

See our key takeaways from the 2023 Africa Climate Summit that marks a key milestone in the leadership and role of technology in Africa’s climate action.

Meet the GSMA ClimateTech team at Africa Climate Summit & Week 2023

Africa Climate Summit (ACS) and Africa Climate Week (ACW), hosted by the Government of Kenya, are the first of four regional climate weeks providing a platform for global stakeholders to discuss climate solutions and build momentum in the lead up to COP 28. The GSMA ...

Catalysing climate finance: How can technology make it more accessible, affordable and efficient?

In our first blog from the climate finance series, we explored climate finance from a mobile and digital technology lens. This blog takes the discussion forward and summarises key takeaways from the new GSMA ClimateTech flagship report – Digitally Enabled Climate ...

A biodiverse planet is more than just a “nice-to-have”

Around one million species already face extinction and many of these could disappear within decades, unless we take action. Read the GSMA blog on Biodiversity Day 2023

Earth Day 2023: Four ingredients for digital solutions to help people and nature thrive

Saturday, 22 April 2023 marks Earth Day, with the theme ‘Invest in our planet’. To mark the occasion, this blog considers the role of digital technology in protecting natural resources and presents recommendations for designing, and investing in, high impact ...

MWC Barcelona 2023: Velocity for climate action and innovative urban services

From 27 February to 2 March, the GSMA ClimateTech and Digital Utilities programmes attended MWC Barcelona 2023. The programmes collaborated on a range of engaging sessions, met with key stakeholders working at the intersection of digital innovation, social impact and ...

Announcing the launch of the GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation 2.0

GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation 2.0 is open for applications. The Fund aims to pilot and scale-up digital technology innovations that make a positive socio-economic and environmental impact in areas with communities most vulnerable to current or ...

Exploring climate financing at MWC Africa

Highlights from the climate finance roundtable discussion at MWC Africa with key decision makers including MNOs, private sector organisations, development and implementing partners, and start-ups.

Tackling the fastest growing waste stream: E-waste

Read about our reflections from the Global Off Grid Solar Forum & Expo 2022 on tackling the fast growing e-waste problem. The event was hosted by GOGLA in Kigali, Rwanda.

Announcing The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation Cohort

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation announces the new cohort of start-ups that have selected for funding.

Application highlights from The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation was launched, with funding from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Read the application highlights and trends in this blog.

Exploring climate finance from a mobile and digital technology lens

Strengthening the climate finance landscape with digital technology and moving the dial in climate financing in low- and middle-Income countries (LMICs).

‘Building Climate Resilient Digital Nations’ session at GSMA Mobile 360 APAC

Earlier this month, we concluded the Mobile 360 APAC conference, an invitation-only in person event in Singapore on 2 and 3 August 2022. The overall event was themed ‘Building Digital Nations’, largely focusing on how governments in the Asia Pacific region are harnessing the ...

Plastic Waste: An urgent global problem

Globally, less than 10% of plastic is recycled, and 75% of all plastics ever produced has become waste. In this blog, the GSMA looks at how partnerships between plastic organisations and MNOs can resolve the plastic waste problem and impact the triple bottom line opportunity ...

Digital solutions to combat marine plastic waste

On World Oceans Day 2022, under the theme "Revitalization: collective action for the ocean" the GSMA ClimateTech talks about using digital technology to combat the plastic waste crisis inorder to protect our oceans.

We have only one earth

5th June 2022, marks 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, the first international meeting on the environment where the slogan ‘We have only one Earth’ was hailed for the first time. Five decades later, as a stark reminder of humanity’s ...

Announcing The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digital Urban Services Cohort

Africa and Asia are projected to account for 90 per cent of global urban growth from now until 2050. Unfortunately, urbanisation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is not always accompanied by inclusive growth and structural transformation with informal settlements ...

Application Trends and Highlights from The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digital Urban Services

In May 2021, The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digital Urban Services was launched to catalyse investment in start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and social enterprises working in Africa, South and Southeast Asia that leverage digital technology to deliver digital urban ...

Mobile for Development at COP26

In the beginning of November this year, the world leaders came together for COP26 in Glasgow to accelerate climate action across the globe. Mobile and digital services form an important part of the solution. In this blog, we highlight how GSMA Mobile for Development ...

The Climate Crisis: Mobile-enabled solutions to address the growing humanitarian challenge

World leaders recently gathered in Glasgow at COP26 to accelerate action towards addressing climate change. They’ve come from around the world to grapple with the most pressing existential crisis of our time with an urgent need to reduce global emissions. No matter how ...

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