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World Bank Supports Vietnam to Tackle its Climate Change Challenges

Emitting Gases from Factory
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. Read More »

Planning Ahead: International Workshop Supports Tanzanian Climate Change Strategy

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Tanzanians are increasingly feeling the intense effects of climate change - it impacts most aspects of daily life and the economy in the East African country, which is largely dependent on agriculture. Read More »

Global Organizations to Expand Cooperation on Green Growth for Development

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Four leading global organizations today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, a cutting edge global initiative that will identify and address major knowledge gaps in green growth theory and practice. Read More »

Turning Trash into Power in Peru

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Read more about how a landfill in Peru is generating power and help to mitigate climate change. Read More »

A View from the Top: Mountain Forests

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Environmental economist Klas Sanders blogs about the need to protect mountain forest ecosystems, particularly now while they are threatened by climate change. Read More »

Bank Sees Durban Conference Making Progress on Climate Agenda

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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. Read More »

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

Kiribati
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 »