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Global Citizen seeks up to $1 billion for six sustainable ‘Impact’ funds

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Reuters UK

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Global Citizen, an international non-profit aiming to help end poverty, said on Monday it plans to launch six funds of up to $1 billion each focused on generating environmental and social impact in the developing world. The Global Citizen Impact Funds aim to help plug a large gap in funding for poorer countries struggling to meet the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals, which include providing access to clean water and fighting climate change. The world’s poorest countries need close to $400 billion annually in external…

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