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Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Technical Perspectives
Melting Arctic glacier. Photo by Daniel Foster/Flickr
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
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It Could Only Cost 1% of GDP to Solve Global Water Crises

  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Water scarcity in Ethiopia
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6
  • Water Security
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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What Makes a Partnership Transformational?

  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
Buses
  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
  • Economics
Initiatives

New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
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Closing Sub-Saharan Africa’s Electricity Access Gap: Why Cities Must Be Part of the Solution

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
power line in Kenya
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • poverty
  • sustainable development goals
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Growing Momentum for Just Transition: 5 Success Stories and New Commitments to Tackle Inequality Through Climate Action

  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • Climate Equity
  • development
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
An indigenous community meeting in Peru.
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • Climate Equity
  • development
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
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Multilateral Development Bank Climate Finance in 2018: The Good, the Bad and the Urgent

  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
Solar panel for home use in Sri Lanka. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
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4 Ways to Deliver Bold Action on Climate and Justice This Year at Back-to-Back UN Summits

  • National Climate Action
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 17
  • Climate Equity
  • Climate
  • United Nations
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  • National Climate Action
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 17
  • Climate Equity
  • Climate
  • United Nations

PODCAST: Why Securing Land Rights for Indigenous People Can Accelerate Sustainable Development

  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • sustainable development goals
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Small forestry in the Peruvian Amazon.
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • sustainable development goals
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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6 Questions on Climate and Development for the World Bank Presidential Candidates

  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks
The World Bank Building in Washington, DC. Flickr/Aaron Webb
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks

Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Environmental Rights
  • sustainable development goals
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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  • Environmental Rights
  • sustainable development goals
  • land rights
  • natural resources
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5
  • Sustainable Development Goal 9
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • Sustainable Development Goal 11
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: Development Bank Investments in Electricity Transmission and Distribution Should Align with the Paris Agreement

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
Power tower. Flickr/Robbie V
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
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P4G Partnerships at Work: Green Logistics in China, Fighting Food Waste in Indonesia and ZEBRA Transit in Latin America

  • Climate Resilience
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 17
Package recycling station
  • Climate Resilience
  • sustainable development goals
  • Sustainable Development Goal 17
Initiatives

Cities4Forests

Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
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The Sustainable Development Goals: An Opportunity for Business?

  • sustainable development goals
  • Business
Kevin Moss, WRI
  • sustainable development goals
  • Business