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Announces Ambitious 35% Finance Target to Support Countries’ Climate Action
WASHINGTON, Dec 21, 2020 —The World Bank Group today announced an ambitious target for 35% of its…
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Managing Uncertainty Is Critical to Getting Climate Investments to Where They’re Needed Most
Despite the tremendous strains and related fallout from the global pandemic, private sector investors—particularly those in…
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5 Years of Climate Leadership: The World Bank Group’s First Climate Action Plan
Climate Action: A Catalyst for Change In 2016, Category 4 Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti:…
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MDBs’ climate finance in low- and middle-income countries in 2019 reaches US$ 41.5 billion
Climate financing by seven of the world’s largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) accounted for US$ 61.6…
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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Caribbean: Navigating Uncharted Waters
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe—bringing severe human and economic costs—the Caribbean…
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CAF protects 300,000 hectares of the Amazon and neutralizes greenhouse gas emissions
With the purpose of contributing to the protection of the Amazon and in accordance with its…
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Assessing Climate-Change Risk by Stress Testing for Financial Resilience
As society braces for the potential havoc a changing climate could induce, it’s vital to gauge…
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2020: the year for action, to ‘rise up’ and safeguard ocean life
Multiple stressors are eroding the ocean’s ability to function as the planet’s life support system, and…
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CHTA seeks jobs for hurricane-affected workers
Working with public and private sector tourism partners in the Caribbean, The Bahamas and South Florida,…
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