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World Bank Supports Vietnam to Tackle its Climate Change Challenges

The World Bank is providing a US$70 million credit for Vietnam to strengthen its policies, strategies, and institutions needed to respond to Climate Change.
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Highlights
Environmental economist Klas Sanders blogs about the need to protect mountain forest ecosystems, particularly now while they are threatened by climate change.
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The two-week UN conference on climate change in Durban ended Sunday with agreement by all countries to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change by 2015.
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While the World Bank is best known for its development project lending, the Bank spent US$ 600 million in 2011 for knowledge products and services like south-south learning, communities of practice, and e-learning.
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Follow Vice President of Sustainable Development Rachel Kyte's tweets from the COP17 conference in Durban.
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Click here to read all the feature stories and press releases around COP 17.
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By The Numbers
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 Chart of WBG Low-Carbon Energy Commitments in FY 2010 WBG Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Financing FY2004-10