Sustainable Development

Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

Climate resilience for micro-retailers

Climate Resilience for Micro-Retailers: Why this is Your Next Strategic Priority

Micro-retailers are vital to local economies and brand ecosystems, but many face repeated disruption from climate shocks. A new report from Business Fights Poverty and Mastercard Strive explores how digital financial tools can fortify, navigate and recover from climate risks, creating stability for low-income entrepreneurs and strategic value for financial institutions and supply chains.
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Fabio Marques

How Business Can Drive Climate Action

Fabio Marques, from Fundação Dom Cabral, outlines three essential pathways for businesses to strengthen their role in climate mitigation and adaptation during COP30. Part
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Flavia & Raquel

Youth Voices at COP30

On the final day of COP30 in Belém, Flavia & Raquel from Fundação Dom Cabral reflect on why young people must not only talk
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Heat Resilience: An Opportunity for Cross-Sector Action in the United States

Extreme heat is the deadliest US climate threat, costing thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars annually. A new white paper, Heat Resilience: An Opportunity for Cross-Sector Action in the United States, outlines a shared agenda, sector guidance, and policy and finance levers to drive coordinated, community-centered resilience across business, government and healthcare.
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Heiko Hosomi Spitzeck Director, Sustainability Research Center, FDC

COP30 Reflections

As COP30 draws to a close in Belém, ​​Heiko Spitzeck, Director, Sustainability Research Center, Fundação Dom Cabral, shares a personal reflection highlighting both the
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Build Climate Resilience from the Ground Up By Investing in Agricultural Enterprises

Build Climate Resilience from the Ground Up By Investing in Agricultural Enterprises

As world leaders endorse the Belém Declaration on people-centred climate action, one truth is clear: farmer resilience must move from rhetoric to investment. This article explores why smallholder farmers receive less than 1% of climate finance, and how local agricultural enterprises offer the fastest, most scalable route to climate-resilient supply chains and global food security.
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Insights from COP 30 and Community Leadership

This live panel discussion brought together global experts, practitioners, and peers to discuss cross-sector collaboration and people-centred solutions for climate action, highlighting the importance
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COP30 Highlights

This highlight video captures some of the insights from our COP30 panel discussion, where leaders from business, development, and community organisations explored how to
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David Nicholson

Climate Resilience and Adaptation with David Nicholson

David Nicholson, a leading figure in global climate action, speaking to us directly from the UN Climate COP in Belém, Brazil. As Mercy Corps’ first-ever Chief Climate Officer, appointed in 2022, Nicholson has been at the forefront of embedding bold, science-driven climate strategy into one of the world’s largest humanitarian organisations – expect to hear his thoughts on climate resilience, adaptation and business action.
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Climate Resilience for Micro-Retailers

Micro-retailers are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economies — yet they are on the frontlines of climate disruption. This new report, supported by Mastercard Strive, explores how digital financial services can help micro-retailers fortify, navigate and recover from climate shocks, unlocking greater stability, resilience and long-term opportunity. Drawing on research and practitioner insights, it highlights emerging innovations, practical frameworks, and a call to action for financial service providers to embed climate resilience at the heart of inclusive finance. Download the report to learn more.
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Matthew Spencer

Climate and Landscape-Level Collaboration with Matthew Spencer

Matthew Spencer, Global Director of Landscapes at IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative, sits down for a timely conversation recorded live from COP 2025 in Belém, Brazil. With climate risks intensifying and global supply chains under unprecedented pressure, Matthew explores why landscape-level collaboration is emerging as one of the most effective solutions for protecting the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems — while strengthening livelihoods for millions of smallholder farmers.
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Jamie Coats, CEO, Wise Responder

Indigenous Voices and Science for Global Climate Solutions

Jamie Coats, CEO of Wise Responder, guest professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), and the Business Fights Poverty representative at COP30, shares key insights
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Heiko Spitzeck, Director, Sustainability Research Center, Fundação Dom Cabral

COP30 Key Outcomes and Insights

Heiko Spitzeck, Director, Sustainability Research Center, Fundação Dom Cabral, reports live from the COP30 Blue Zone, offering coverage and insights of the climate negotiations
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Joshua Wickerham, Senior Advisor, Outreach and Engagement, ISEAL

Advancing Sustainability

Heiko Spitzeck, Director, Sustainability Research Center, Fundação Dom Cabral, interviews Joshua Wickerham, Senior Advisor, Outreach and Engagement, ISEAL. They share key insights from COP,
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Eduardo Figueiredo, Senior Vice President of Sustainability, Norsk Hydro Brazil Ltd.

Building Trust in the Mining Industry

Jamie Coats, CEO of Wise Responder, guest professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), and the Business Fights Poverty representative at COP30, interviews Eduardo Figueiredo,
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⁠Kyle Sweeney, Manager Climate Resilience, Root Capital

Social and Climate Justice for Smallholder Farmers

Jamie Coats, CEO of Wise Responder, guest professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), and the Business Fights Poverty representative at COP30, interviews Kyle Sweeney,
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Simon Henzell-Thomas, Head of Climate, Nature & (Acting) Head of Human Rights & Social Impact, IKEA

IKEA’s Climate Leadership

Heiko Spitzeck, Director, Sustainability Research Center, Fundação Dom Cabral, interviews Simon Henzell-Thomas, Head of Climate, Nature & (Acting) Head of Human Rights & Social
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Roberto Rossi, Country President Brazil, Schneider Electric

Sustainability, Decarbonisation and Social Inclusion

Jamie Coats, CEO of Wise Responder, guest professor at Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), and the Business Fights Poverty representative at COP30, interviews Roberto Rossi
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Wangiwe Joanna Kambuzi, Founder, Emerge Livelihoods

Powering Climate-Resilient MSMEs in Southern Africa

Wangiwe Joanna Kambuzi, Founder, Emerge Livelihoods contributed to our COP30 conversation from Malawi, highlighting how local entrepreneurs are driving climate solutions across Malawi and
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Highway crossing a large river 5 Bridges

Linking Social and Environmental Impact for a Fairer, More Resilient Future

Business Fights Poverty explores how companies can link social and environmental impact to drive a fairer, more resilient future. Using insights from the 5 Bridges to 2045 framework and Natura’s pioneering Integrated Profit & Loss (iP&L) model, this article shows how valuing natural, social, and human capital can transform decision-making, performance, and long-term sustainability.
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