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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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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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Wind turbines in Germany
  • COP26
  • coronavirus
  • Economics
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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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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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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
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Confronting Simultaneous Climate, Public Health, and Economic Shocks in Developing Countries

  • Finance
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate impacts
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  • 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

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

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
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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

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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Fiji’s Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (center, white shirt and tie) with the villagers from Navaceitavou
  • coronavirus
  • Climate
  • Finance
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Quantitative Easing for Economic Recovery Must Consider Climate Change

  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • climate change
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  • Climate
  • coronavirus
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • climate change
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Key Investments Can Build Resilience to Pandemics and Climate Change

  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • Finance
Travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, March 6, 2020
  • coronavirus
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • Finance
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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