In Africa, cities embrace clean air targets
In Kampala, one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities, a rapid rise in population is prompting growing concerns over the climate crisis and air pollution. Research shows that urbanisation is one of…
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FIJI TAPS INTO NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO BOOST ECONOMY
Fiji has an abundance of natural resources, and lacks the intense demographic, economic and industrial pressures that cause many serious environmental issues. Still, the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) must…
WHO URGES ACCELERATED ACTION TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH
To mark World Health Day, the World Health Organization issued an urgent call for accelerated action by leaders and all people to preserve and protect health, and mitigate the climate…
SEIZING GREEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH IN THE CARIBBEAN
Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are on track to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, but the scars of the pandemic remain and the need for a more…
SUPPORTING HIMACHAL PRADESH AS INDIA’S FIRST GREEN STATE
The World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Hartwig Schafer, has concluded a visit to the hill state of Himachal Pradesh in India. During the visit, Mr Schafer met with the…
BILLION VULNERABLE CHILDREN AT EXTREME RISK
Today, 1 billion of the world’s most vulnerable children are at extreme risk. If the world fails to act, tomorrow it will be all children. It is past time to…
PAKISTAN JOINS FIGHT AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION
Through its Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan has now joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership. Ahead of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly, where plastic pollution will…