The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation: Portfolio overview
Wednesday 1 Nov 2023 | Climate | climate resilience | ClimateTech | English | Global | Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation | Report | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa |
This catalogue profiles the 12 organisations accepted into The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation cohort.
Indonesia: Digitising Mangrove Conservation
Friday 28 Jul 2023 | Biodiversity | Climate | climate resilience | ClimateTech | Ecosystem Accelerator | Employment | Indonesia | Malay | Mobile Innovation Hub | NRM | Partnership engagement | Private-Public | Resilient technology | Resource | South Asia | Video |
The GSMA Mobile Innovation Hub, GIZ, and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) have partnered to roll out innovative digital solutions to reduce the destruction of mangroves in collaboration with Indonesia's North Kalimantan community.
Driving climate impact through frontier technologies in the global south
Friday 30 Jun 2023 | Climate | climate resilience | ClimateTech | Closed Innovation Funds | East Asia and Pacific | Egypt | English | Frontier Technology | Innovation fund and grants | Liberia | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Philippines | Preparedness | South Asia | Video |
This webinar marks the launch of the GSMA ClimateTech report "Emerging Trends in Climate Tech Innovations” during Climate ...
Emerging Trends in Climate Tech Innovations: The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation
Friday 30 Jun 2023 | Climate | ClimateTech | Egypt | English | Ethiopia | Frontier Technology | Innovation fund and grants | Kenya | Liberia | Middle East and North Africa | Mobile for Development | Nepal | Nigeria | Pakistan | Philippines | Report | Resilient technology | Resource | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Tanzania |
This report discusses the emerging trends and different uses of frontier and digital technology such as IoT and AI, and how they can effectively impact climate change solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
Digitally Enabled Climate Finance
Friday 16 Jun 2023 | Climate Finance | ClimateTech | Mobile for Development | Video | Webinar |
A webinar discussing the future of climate action and the role of mobile and digital technology in delivering climate finance in low- and middle-income countries.
Webinar: Creating digital solutions to help people and nature thrive – Lessons from the frontline
Friday 9 Jun 2023 | ClimateTech | English | Mobile for Development | NRM | Video | Webinar |
Watch the the GSMA webinar exploring digital solutions that empower local communities with tools to safeguard the world’s natural resources.
GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation: Meet the founders
Tuesday 30 May 2023 | Climate | ClimateTech | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Video |
The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation was launched with the support of our donors, to help accelerate the testing, adoption and scalability of digital innovations that enable the world’s most vulnerable ...
The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digital Urban Services: Portfolio overview
Wednesday 3 May 2023 | Climate | ClimateTech | Digital Utilities | Energy | English | Innovation fund and grants | partnership-hub | Private-Public | Public-Private | Report | Resilient technology | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Water |
This catalogue profiles the nine organisations accepted into The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digital Urban Services cohort, as well as insights from an analysis of all pitches received.
Digitally Enabled Climate Finance
Wednesday 26 Apr 2023 | Climate | climate resilience | ClimateTech | English | Report | Resilient technology | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |
This flagship report by the GSMA ClimateTech programme provides emerging insights on the role of mobile and digital technology in accessing and delivering climate finance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Exploring barriers and incentives to digital solutions in Natural Resource Management
Friday 31 Mar 2023 | Biodiversity | Climate | climate resilience | ClimateTech | English | Frontier Technology | Gender | India | Indonesia | Kenya | Report | Research | Resilient technology | Resource | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |
This research report explores barriers and best practices for digital technologies designed to help communities in LMICs in their efforts to manage natural resources sustainably, based on case studies from Asia and Africa.
How can mobile operators and plastics organisations partner to address the plastic waste problem?
Monday 5 Sep 2022 | Climate | ClimateTech | English | Global | Mobile for Development | Partnership engagement | Resource | Video |
This webinar by the GSMA ClimateTech programme features highlights from the report titled ‘Catalysing Partnerships in Plastics’ and discusses the importance of strengthening partnerships for circular economy solutions with key industry stakeholders.
‘Building Climate Resilient Digital Nations’ session at GSMA Mobile 360 APAC
Thursday 18 Aug 2022 | Climate | ClimateTech | East Asia and Pacific | Ecosystem Accelerator | Indonesia | Mobile access and use | Mobile Innovation Hub | Policy and regulation | Resilient technology | Resource | Video |
On 2 August 2022 at the Mobile 360 Asia Pacific event held in Singapore, the GSMA
Mobile Big Data for Cities: Urban climate resilience strategies for low- and middle-income countries
Wednesday 29 Jun 2022 | Climate | ClimateTech | English | Global | India | Kenya | Mobile for Development | Philippines | Report | Research | Resource |
Cities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels and storm surges, heat stress, extreme precipitation, inland and coastal flooding and ...
Catalysing Partnerships in Plastics
Tuesday 28 Jun 2022 | Climate | ClimateTech | English | Frontier Technology | Global | Mobile for Development | Partnership engagement | Private-MNO | Report | Research | Resource |
Explore the potential for collaboration between mobile network operators and plastics organisations The mismanagement of plastic waste is a global challenge that must be urgently addressed if we are to achieve the Sustainable ...
Exploring opportunities for climate services in Papua New Guinea with Digicel
Thursday 24 Mar 2022 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Case studies | Case study | Climate | ClimateTech | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | East Asia and Pacific | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Global and regional studies | Improve Climate Resilience | MNOs' operational and strategic issues | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Papua New Guinea | Report | Research | Resource | Resource Type | Rural network coverage |
Our new report illustrates the unique opportunity to use existing mobile infrastructure for high-resolution rainfall observation and improved climate services in Papua New Guinea.
The Climate Crisis: Mobile-enabled solutions in humanitarian emergencies
Wednesday 10 Nov 2021 | Climate | ClimateTech | Disaster response | Frontier Technology | Global | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | Refugee crisis | Report | Resilient technology |
This report outlines five use cases in which mobile technology plays a critical role in addressing the climate challenge in humanitarian contexts.
Mobile Technology for Participatory Forest Management: Co-designing and testing prototypes in Kenya
Monday 5 Jul 2021 | ClimateTech | Kenya | Mobile for Development | Report | Research | Sub-Saharan Africa |
In this report we explore how mobile devices and applications can be leveraged to strengthen participatory forest management (PFM) efforts in Kenya.
Supporting Innovation in Digital Urban Services
Monday 17 May 2021 | ClimateTech | Digital Utilities | Innovation fund and grants | Report |
This report first describes the opportunity to leverage a powerful digital ecosystem for improving lives, and the role that the GSMA plays to catalyse these solutions through our GSMA Innovation Fund. It then discusses ...
Digital Dividends in Plastic Recycling
Thursday 22 Apr 2021 | ClimateTech | Mobile for Development | Report | Resource | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |
This report explores the specific benefits that plastics organisations in LMICs currently reap, or could eventually reap, from using digital tools or services or partnering with technology organisations.
The Role of Digital and Mobile-Enabled Solutions in Addressing Climate Change
Thursday 25 Feb 2021 | ClimateTech | Disaster response | Energy | English | Global | Preparedness | Report | Research | Resilient technology |
Climate change is the most pressing challenge facing humankind. The world has already warmed by more than 1°C since pre-industrial times and the effects of this warming continue to worsen, profoundly affecting lives, ...