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Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task?

  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
Setting up a solar-powered water pump to pump groundwater in Ethiopia.
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
  • development
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks

Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice

Under New Guidance, “Sustainable” Aviation Fuel in the US Could Be Anything But

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
A man in a neon vest stands under the wing of a commercial plane to fill its fuel tank.
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Insights

The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in 2022

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Women farmers in New Delhi, India, crouch in the fields in the summer heat.
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Technical Perspectives

MDBs Need Major Reforms, Not Just More Funding, to Address Climate and Development Finance Challenges

  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
  • sustainable development goals
Women and children walking among tents in a refugee camp in Somalia.
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
  • sustainable development goals

EPA’s New Renewable Fuel Standard Will Increase Global Carbon Emissions — Not Lower Them

  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Cars drive down a California highway with farm fields on either side.
  • U.S. Climate
  • biofuels
  • transportation
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
Technical Perspectives

How Multilateral Development Banks Can Use Policy-Based Financing to Support Climate-Resilient Economies

  • multilateral development banks
  • Climate
  • low carbon development
Women scoop up dirty water from a polluted lake in Chad.
  • multilateral development banks
  • Climate
  • low carbon development
Insights

The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in 2021

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate change
Restoration of a preserve in FL
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate change
Insights

5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation

  • Cities
  • biking
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Health & Road Safety
A bike lane in NYC
  • Cities
  • biking
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Health & Road Safety
News

RELEASE: Bike Lane Design Principles Show How to Build Safer, More Sustainable Streets

  • Cities
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Health & Road Safety
Cyclists using bike-share in New York City
  • Cities
  • biking
  • Urban Mobility
  • Health & Road Safety
Insights

The Good, the Bad and the Urgent: MDB Climate Finance in 2020

  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate change
  • COP26
Farmers check crops
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate change
  • COP26
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5 Ways the World Bank’s Climate Action Plan Could Go Further

  • multilateral development banks
  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
Wind Park near Kavarna, Bulgaria.
  • multilateral development banks
  • International Climate Action
  • Finance
  • adaptation finance
Data

Bikenomics: How Cycling Saves Cities Money

  • Urban Mobility
  • coronavirus
  • biking
  • Cities
  • Health & Road Safety
Bikenomics English infographic.
  • Urban Mobility
  • coronavirus
  • biking
  • Cities
  • Health & Road Safety

4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • development
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • multilateral development banks
View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
  • Climate
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • development
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • multilateral development banks
Insights

Dockless Bike Sharing Can Create Healthy, Resilient Urban Mobility

  • biking
  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
People riding bikes on a sidewalk in Beijing.
  • biking
  • coronavirus
  • Urban Mobility
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: The World Bank’s Policy Lending Can Better Support Climate Action

  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
People with backpacks and small children walk on a dirt road away from Antanarivo.
  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks

6 Keys to Turn Coastal Resilience Plans into Action

  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • biking
  • extreme weather
  • climate change
  • Ocean
A man wheels a megaphone mounted on bicycle along a neighborhood path in Bangladesh.
  • Climate Resilience
  • adaptation finance
  • biking
  • extreme weather
  • climate change
  • Ocean