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Changing Lives vritti March 2020 15 Conclusion These are just a few examples and in the future for sure we will see many other use cases where mobile money will be used to mitigate the impact of climate change. With its widespread reach in many emerging countries, mobile money ought to be leveraged effectively to strengthen the global fight against climate change. R E F E R E N C E S AFI: https://www.afi-global.org/inclusive-green-finance AFI: https://www.afiglobal.org/sites/default/files/news/Nadi%20Action%20Agenda%202018.pdf UNESCAP: https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Session4_Mr.%20Dorji%20Phuntsho_ FINANCIAL%20INCLUSION.pdf GSMA: https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/blog/making-the-connection- between-mobile-money-and-climate-change/ About the author: Mohit Bhargava has twelve years of work experience in product marketing and research in the telecom and digital financial services domains. At Comviva, he is serving as Deputy General Manager in product marketing for the mobile financial solutions portfolio. His areas of function primarily include evangelizing Comviva’s mobile financial products and their impact on transforming the financial landscape globally.