Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs

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Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs

At a time when the world faces an unbelievably bleak future due to the state of the earth’s climate, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often overlooked as part of the solution to climate change, despite having an enormous impact on their communities and local economies. Attention is primarily given to investing in climate mitigation (renewable energy) and resilient infrastructure for adaptation. What we are overlooking is that SMEs can create local solutions that drive adaptation and build resilience to climate change, becoming agents of climate resilience themselves, if given the right tools and investment, which they currently do not have.

— From “Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs”

Join us for a Deep Dive with Agnes Dazewicz, author of the IE Magazine article, Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs.

Featured Guest

Agnes Dasewicz is the CEO of Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF), a leader in impact investing in emerging and frontier markets for over 30 years, investing in local entrepreneurs with a focus on climate change, food security, and inclusion. Agnes has more than 25 years of experience in private equity and impact investing, including launching a new impact investing fund and starting investment initiatives for the U.S. government and the World Bank Group.