WASHINGTON, May, 3 2016 – Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6 percent of their GDP, spur migration, and spark conflict, according to a new World Bank report...
Date: May 3, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 18, 2015 – Fifteen innovative programs in over 20 nations have been selected through the Challenge Fund, to help developing countries better manage disaster risk...
Date: November 18, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
A new World Bank report shows that climate change is an acute threat to poorer people across the world, with the power to push more than 100 million people back into poverty over the next fifteen years....
Date: November 8, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Improved regional cooperation, knowledge sharing and physical investments to support climate change mitigation and adaptation in Central Asia WASHINGTON, November 3, 2015 – The World Bank Group’s Board...
Date: November 3, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Seventy billion dollars is about one-third of the airline industry’s fuel bill in 2012, and less than the net worth of the world’s three wealthiest people. It’s also about one-third of the average economic...
Date: April 9, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
South Tarawa, Kiribati, December 2, 2014 – A single road connects the 50,000 plus residents of the villages of Kiribati’s main atoll of Tarawa, forming an essential part of everyday life for half...
Date: December 3, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
East Asia is on the front lines of climate change. Hundreds of millions of people in the region live in and outside cities in low-lying areas, facing increasing risks from rising seas, heat waves, droughts,...
Date: September 22, 2014
Type: Opinion
Language: English
More than $62 million planned for jobs, roads and bridges TANAUAN (LEYTE), JULY 14, 2014 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today reaffirmed the institution’s support for the Philippines’ reconstruction...
Date: July 14, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The global landscape for climate action is changing quickly. The United States just announced plans to use its Environmental Protection Agency to limit CO2 emissions from power plants, and an advisor to...
Date: June 3, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MANILA, JUNE 2, 2014 – Over 70 delegates from East Asia, South Asia and Africa are convening for the Third East Asia regional workshop on Flood Risk Management and Urban Resilience, on June 3 to 5, 2014...
Date: June 3, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte says if ‘we don’t confront climate change, we won’t end poverty’ MANILA, MAY 23, 2014 – Countries of the world should confront...
Date: May 23, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Bangladesh, due to its geographical location, is in the frontline of the battle against climate change. The country has faced over 200 natural disasters in the last 40 years with increasing frequency and...
Date: December 20, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In their first joint public appearance to discuss climate change, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Tuesday their institutions will offer the financial...
Date: October 9, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
DHAKA – The government of Bangladesh today signed a financing agreement worth $400 million for the Coastal Embankment Improvement Project (CEIP I) with the International Development Association (IDA),...
Date: October 1, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MANILA, Sept.5, 2013 - ‘Lesson not learned,’ wrote Candy Dizon in her blog, at the height of typhoon Maring (international name: Trami) in August 2013. The businesswoman lamented how the combination...
Date: September 23, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
For many countries the effects of climate change may not yet be obvious, but for the people in the Pacific Islands the threat is very real. “There are still some who believe that climate change is a distant...
Date: September 3, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 — The World Bank approved $375 million in concessional financing and $25 million in a grant to Bangladesh to increase the resilience of the coastal population to climate change...
Date: June 28, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress toward achieving poverty reduction and sustaining economic growth over the last decade. However, the country’s vulnerability to floods and natural disasters greatly...
Date: June 26, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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