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Designed for the Future?

ADVISORY: Can the World Bank Meet Sustainability and Governance Challenges?

  • multilateral development banks
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development

5 Big Energy Stories of 2013

  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
President Barack Obama at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
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2 Big Issues to Tackle as the Green Climate Fund Sets Up Shop

  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks
This week, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) celebrated the official opening of its headquarters in Songdo, Korea. Photo credit: World Bank, Flickr
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • Green Climate Fund
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • multilateral development banks
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Is Adaptation Short-Changed? The Imbalance in Climate Finance Commitments

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
At COP19, negotiators should decide how climate funding is “balanced” between adaptation and mitigation. Credit: UNclimatechange, Flickr
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
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Within Reach

U.S. Signals the End of Public Money for Coal-Fired Power

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks
U.S. public financing for overseas coal-fired power is likely coming to an end. Photo credit: Mike_tn, Flickr
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • multilateral development banks

The World Bank’s New Strategy: A Call for Equity and Sustainability

  • Finance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
The World Bank's two new goals focus on ending extreme poverty and fostering shared prosperity. Photo credit: Jankie, Flickr
  • Finance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks

Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
  • Climate
  • Food
  • climate change
  • Equity & Governance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
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STATEMENT: World Bank: Promote Clean Energy Sources to End Energy Poverty

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • development
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • poverty
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • development
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • poverty
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A Look at China's New Environmental Guidelines on Overseas Investments

  • Climate
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
  • Climate
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development

The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Linking Sustainability and Poverty Eradication

  • Climate
  • multilateral development banks
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
  • Climate
  • multilateral development banks
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
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Demystifying the Role of Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessments

  • natural infrastructure
  • multilateral development banks
  • natural resources
  • corporate sustainability
  • natural infrastructure
  • multilateral development banks
  • natural resources
  • corporate sustainability

4 Issues to Watch: Recommendations for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

  • Equity & Governance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
  • Equity & Governance
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations

The End of Poverty? The World Bank and the Shared Prosperity Agenda

  • multilateral development banks
  • poverty
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • poverty
  • low carbon development

5 Steps to Improve the World Bank’s Social and Environmental Safeguards

  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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The Private Sector and International Development: A Love Affair, or Cold Feet?

  • Business
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
  • Business
  • climate finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development