101 Countries Consider Carbon Pricing as Part of their Paris Agreement Commitments HANOI, Vietnam, October 18—Greater cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation...
Date: October 18, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ACCRA, May 17, 2016—The World Bank Group, in partnership with Ashesi University, the governments of Denmark and the Netherlands, and Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation...
Date: May 17, 2016
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
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
To help keep finance flowing to projects that combat climate change, the World Bank and partners are developing an innovative pilot program that allows project developers and financiers to compete in an...
Date: September 15, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is prone to natural disasters. At the height of flooding in 2014, around 134,000 persons were directly affected. During the dry season, fires are also rampant. The Jakarta...
Date: August 8, 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
Over the last few weeks, Tacloban and large parts of the Visayas have been capturing global headlines as a result of the terrible tragedy Typhoon Yolanda brought to this area of the Philippines. Thousands...
Date: December 20, 2013
Type: Opinion
Language: English
More powerful than Hurricane Katrina that hit the United States in 2005, Typhoon Yolanda is one of the costliest and deadliest storms in the Philippines to hit the country in recent years, displacing over...
Date: November 27, 2013
Type: Opinion
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
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
Pacific Island nations are living close to the edge, where the effects of climate change are tangible. With the planet today already 0.8 ºC warmer than in pre-industrial times, Pacific Islanders can see...
Date: September 3, 2013
Type: Opinion
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
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
As the coastal cities of Africa and Asia expand, many of their poorest residents are being pushed to the edges of livable land and into the most dangerous zones for climate change. Their informal settlements...
Date: June 19, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
"Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided," (pdf) (eBook version) warns we’re on track for a 4°C warmer world marked by extreme heat-waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems...
Date: November 18, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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