ASTANA, January 26, 2017 – Today the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the World Bank launched a new project aimed at designing and developing Kazakhstan’s greenhouse gases (GHG) electronic...
Date: January 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
This week, Chinese and international pollution management professionals are gathering in Beijing for a series of events as part of a Pollution Management and Environmental Health Business Week hosted by...
Date: December 7, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 22, 2016 – Just like many other large cities, Buenos Aires used to have a massive congestion problem. Despite a sophisticated public transportation system, commuters would once...
Date: September 22, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
With more than 170 countries signing the Paris Climate Change Agreement in April, the momentum for climate action is finally global and ambitious. While to many the climate debate may seem remote from...
Date: June 21, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Sweden has the rare distinction of having consistently curbed carbon dioxide emissions over the past two-and-a-half decades while enjoying solid growth. In so doing, it has set a model that much of the...
Date: May 16, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ASTANA, January 26, 2016 – The World Bank Country Office in Kazakhstan hosted a technical workshop to share early findings from the study “Development of Policy Options for Mid- and Long-term Emissions...
Date: January 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
For six months each year, the city of Can Tho in Vietnam floods – on average – twice a day. As water spills into houses and shops, business grinds to a halt and children pick their way through dangerously...
Date: December 22, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Restoring forests. Monitoring the loss of individual trees. Using biological fertilizers. Working with communities. What do all of these have in common? They are all part of a menu of solutions that countries...
Date: August 7, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
SCHLOSS ELMAU, June 8, 2015—The World Bank Group today issued the following statement from World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim in reaction to the G7 Communique: On Climate Change: “The G7 leaders issued...
Date: June 8, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Distinguished hosts and guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be addressing such an eminent gathering of protected area professionals, conservation experts and decision makers. Thank you for...
Date: November 13, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
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
The practice of flaring gas at oil production sites across the globe garnered significant attention at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Two sessions – one on the industry’s position on climate...
Date: July 7, 2014
Type: Feature Story
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
Cities have always been the engines of economic growth; now they hold the key to a sustainable future. Cities today have a unique opportunity to become global engines of green growth by choosing energy-efficient...
Date: March 11, 2014
Type: Opinion
Language: English
MR. WESSEL: --and countries like the U.S. and Europe better get used to this because we are going to be less and less relevant in the future with emerging markets. And I would say that,...
Date: November 19, 2013
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Vientiane, August 8, 2013 – The Government of Lao PDR and the World Bank signed today a grant agreement of US$ 31.83 million for the Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management (SUPSFM) Project....
Date: August 8, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MANILA, JUNE 25, 2013 – A new study says deepening reforms to fully integrate the climate change agenda in the government’s planning and budgeting will strengthen the Philippines’ resilience against the...
Date: June 25, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
MANILA, JUNE 20, 2013 — Climate change is a global phenomenon whose impacts are already being personally felt by most Filipinos.In a recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), 85 percent...
Date: June 21, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ABUJA, June 10, 2013—As Nigeria preps to become the world’s 20th largest economy, its leaders are looking at ways to lessen the impacts of climate change and grow the country’s economy with a reduced carbon...
Date: June 10, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ABUJA, June 10, 2013 - Nigeria’s economy can be made more climate-resilient and less carbon-intensive without foregoing growth, argue two new World Bank reports “Toward Climate-Resilient Development in...
Date: June 10, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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