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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …
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The Paris Agreement provides a framework for all countries - both developed and developing - to voluntarily adopt individual targets, elaborated in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This effectively introduces commitments on the country in the sectors covered by their NDCs....
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The time for action to build a better future and green recovery has never been stronger as we navigate the uncertainty … of a world attempting to manage its way out of a triple crisis: debt sustainability, climate change, and pandemic. The …
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Ukraine has made impressive progress on key reforms and restored macro-financial stability, but weak growth and poverty remain a concern. Despite these economic challenges, Ukraine recognizes climate change as the most consequential factor this century, affecting the economy and future...
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The purpose of this report is to raise awareness and initiate a discussion on the need for sovereign sustainability reporting. The proposed sovereign climate and nature reporting framework would assist sovereigns looking to attract investment by enabling them to produce comprehensive, regular,...
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Policymakers in developing countries face multiple challenges related to climate change. To provide policymakers with reliable recommendations on a variety of climate related policies, the WBG has a diverse and complementary set of models. The analytics range from evaluating the aggregate,...
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Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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urban dwellers will live in Africa and Asia. The world's urban areas wereresponsible for around 70 percent of greenhouse gas … (GHG) emissions in 2013, and that numbercould grow by 50 percent by 2050 if current trends continue. In 2015, world leaders …
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This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines …
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which … safety and doing what they can to prevent students' learning loss using remote learning. At the same time, countries need to …
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