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Can “Biodiversity Credits” Boost Conservation?

  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance
A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance
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Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next

  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
Closing of COP28 climate summit in Dubai
  • Paris Agreement
  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • adaptation
  • Food
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • COP28
  • climatewatch-pinned
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State of Climate Action 2023

Wind turbines on grassy field at golden hour.
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What to Watch at the First Africa Climate Summit

  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • COP28
Rooftop solar panels in Kenya
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • renewable energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • COP28

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
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Wind turbines in Germany
  • COP26
  • coronavirus
  • Economics
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How Domestic Budget Shortfalls Due to COVID-19 Impact Climate Action

  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • coronavirus
A man selling masks on a busy street in Varanasi, India.
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • coronavirus
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Why Investors Bought the First Certified Green Bond to Protect Forests for Drinking Water

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
Lake Maumelle in central Arkansas
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
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Confronting Simultaneous Climate, Public Health, and Economic Shocks in Developing Countries

  • Finance
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
farmers-drought-mozambique
  • Finance
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
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Energy Access Is Key to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Recovery

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electric grid
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • renewable energy
A young South African woman holds up a cloth face mask next to a sewing machine.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • coronavirus
  • electric grid
  • Economics
  • agriculture
  • Finance
  • fossil fuels
  • health
  • renewable energy

To Build Back from COVID-19, Don’t Overlook Informal Workers

  • coronavirus
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • poverty
Tamil Nadu street vendor
  • coronavirus
  • climate finance
  • climate impacts
  • poverty
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
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3 Things to Know About ESG Fund Behavior During the Pandemic

  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • Business
U.S. stock exchange
  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • Business
Insights
Fiji’s Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (center, white shirt and tie) with the villagers from Navaceitavou
  • coronavirus
  • Climate
  • Finance