Partnership for people, planet, and prosperity
As the Global Environment Facility’s 6th Assembly welcomes over 1,000 delegates and heads of state in Vietnam this week, it seems like a good time to take a step back and consider how we are doing...
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World Ozone Day: Taking stock of what it means to stay cool
Read the Chinese version of this blogBlogging from the Commemoration event for the 2018 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer in Beijing, China. Have you suffered heat stress this...
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A warming world means it’s high time to rethink the composition of...
Also available in: Français Photo Credit: Flore de Preneuf/World Bank From the Old Farmer’s Almanac to cutting edge satellite systems, farmers have always been in the market for weather forecasts...
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Social business, youth and technology to accelerate climate action to 1.5°C
Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) set out clear scientific evidence of what a world impacted by climate change will look like in their Global Warming of 1.5°C report, and...
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Digging the cold gold for the most vulnerable
Photo Credit: Zhu Difeng / Shutterstock There is a myth that cooling technology is just for those who live in hot and humid climates. Let me break this illusion. Cooling is needed all around the...
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Our children’s planet: What does their education have to do with climate change?
Photo: Khasar Sandag / World BankOur world is very different than our grandparent’s. In 1950, there were about 2.5 billion people; today, there are more than 7 billion. Overall, people are healthier,...
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Investing in resource efficiency – the economics and politics of financing...
Photo by Tom Fisk from Pexels“Moving towards a more responsible and efficient use of natural resources is key, not only to address resource scarcity, wastage, and the associated environmental effects,...
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Why finance ministers may hold the keys to climate action
People watch the rescue process in the flooded area on August 17,2018 in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India. Kerala was badly affected by the floods during the monsoon season. Source: AJP,...
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Cracking open the green bond market – What’s next?
From left to right, Jean-Marie Masse, Chief Investment Officer, IFC Financial Institutions Group, and Flora Chao, Global Head of Funding, IFC Treasury, and Frédéric Samama, Co-Head Institutional...
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A game changer for climate action: Finance ministers step up
In a packed World Bank board room on April 13, 2019, Finance Ministers from over 20 countries came together as part of a Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action. It was an inspiring moment,...
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