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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
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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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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
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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
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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

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
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7 Ways to Bridge the Blue Finance Gap

  • Ocean
  • Economics
  • biodiversity
  • Finance
An coral reef with fish.
  • Ocean
  • Economics
  • biodiversity
  • Finance

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
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8 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in the New Make-or-Break Decade

  • stories to watch
  • biodiversity
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Ocean
climate march
  • stories to watch
  • biodiversity
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Finance
  • Ocean
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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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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
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MDB Climate Finance in 2017: The Good, the Bad and the Urgent

  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
Solar pump operator in Bangladesh.
  • multilateral development banks
  • climate finance
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Are Multilateral Development Banks Supporting a Low-Carbon Future?

  • Climate
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
India solar panels
  • Climate
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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China Champions Green Finance in the G20

  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
River in Hangzhou, China
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
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Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money It Needs. How to Fill the Gap?

  • conservation
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • restoration
  • Forests
People in India’s Nilgiri mountains
  • conservation
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • restoration
  • Forests
Insights

The World Bank Just Overhauled its Safeguards for the First Time in 30 Years

  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
Cankuzo Market in Burundi
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
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New Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Starts Building a Green Future

  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
Indonesia slums
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Releases New Environmental and Social Standards. How Do They Stack Up?

  • climate finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
Redevelopment of Dachong Village, Nanshan, Shenzhen
  • climate finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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By Taking 5 Steps, China Can Start Leading the Green Finance Revolution

  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development
WRI President and CEO Andrew Steer presents Green Finance task force report at CCICED annual general meeting in Beijing, China. Photo by Lawrence MacDonald.
  • Business
  • Finance
  • multilateral development banks
  • low carbon development