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Liveblog: Rachel Kyte tweets from COP 17 in Durban

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Follow Vice President of Sustainable Development Rachel Kyte's tweets from the COP17 conference in Durban. Read More »

Climate Change Action Needs Knowledge and Learning

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While the World Bank is best known for its development project lending, the Bank spent US$ 600 million in 2011 for knowledge products and services like south-south learning, communities of practice, and e-learning. Read More »

New Money from Japan for Small-Island States Clean Energy Partnership

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With the aim of increasing access to renewable energy, the money is for a new partnership originally launched at the UN climate conference in Cancun with a pledge from the government of Denmark. Read More »

Climate-Smart Agriculture – Action on the Ground

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World Bank Managing Director Sri Mulyani Indrawati discusses climate-smart agriculture at a panel discussion in Durban, South Africa. Read More »

Carbon Finance Support to Poorest Countries -- New World Bank Carbon Initiatives Announced in Durban

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The World Bank announced two new financial initiatives—the Carbon Initiative for Development and the third tranche of the BioCarbon Fund—to help countries access financing for low-carbon investments. Read More »

Connect4Climate Competition Winners Announced

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The 54 winners hail from 20 African countries, aged 13 to 35. Overall almost 640 photos and 50 videos were contributed answering key questions such as, how is climate change affecting Africa? Your community? Read More »

World Bank launches “Apps for Climate” Competition

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The competition is asking entrants to use open data to create innovative software applications that can help solve some of the development problems that climate change poses. Read More »

Empower Women and Be Better Prepared for Climate Change, says World Bank Study

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A new World Bank study shows that women can be an important force for change as countries grapple with the impacts of climate change and prepare to adapt to them. Read More »

Development Banks Agree New Partnership for Climate Action in Cities

Five Multilateral Development Banks, who are lending some $8.4 billion annually for climate action in cities, agreed today on a new partnership to combat global warming. Read More »

World Bank Improves Access to Valuable Climate Change Data

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A new Climate Change Knowledge Portal includes visualization tools depicting temperature and rainfall scenarios to the year 2100, linking users to more than 250 indicators, and risk profiles for 31 countries. Read More »