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THE WORLD BANK GROUP AT COP15

Securing Our Future Through Biodiversity

Biodiversity is our planet’s wealth and a cornerstone of development, and its loss threatens many hard-won development gains. The World Bank Group is attending COP15 on Biodiversity to emphasize that the global decline of nature is a critical development issue.

Ghana: Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises to Recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic
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In Focus: The World Bank and Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa, home to more than 1 billion people, half of whom will be under 25 years old by 2050, is a diverse continent offering human and natural resources that have the potential to yield inclusive growth and eradicate poverty in the region. Our work in the region is focused around four main areas: saving lives, protecting poor people, protecting and creating jobs, and building back better.

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Debt

Debt-Service Payments Put Biggest Squeeze on Poorest Countries

Debt-service payments from the International Development Association's (IDA) countries are projected to top $62 billion in 2022. The world's poorest countries now spend over a tenth of their export revenues to service their long-term public and publicly guaranteed external debt..

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Given the short-term potency of methane, cost-effective interventions to reduce methane emissions should be an immediate priority for the sectors with the largest emissions. The agriculture, energy, sanitation and waste sectors are collectively responsible for 90-95% of global anthropogenic sources of methane.

The World Bank Group (WBG) has a long record of engagement on methane reduction across the key areas of agriculture, energy, and sanitation and waste. The table below provides examples of extensive WBG work in this area, including various types of project activities that will reduce methane emissions.

Methane Factsheet

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