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The growth and impacts of plastic pollution have emerged as a major environmental challenge globally. Plastic pollution has a wide range of impacts on public health, ecosystems, biodiversity, and economies and can occur during each stage of the plastic lifecycle, from extraction of raw...
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fleets. These substantially harm public health, productivity and efficiency in urban mobility. Kosovo is implementing the EU … social matters with the EU. On 6 February 2018, the European Commission published its expansion plan to cover up to six … Western Balkan countries including Kosovo with potential accession as members of the EU after 2025. This is relevant for …
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This report provides an overview of international experience in the implementation of Green Public Procurement (GPP). It focuses on the institutional framework that is needed to support the mainstreaming of GPP practices across government. The intention is to equip practitioners with a broad...
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This report assesses water security in Argentina, using a conceptual framework developed by the World Bank. The effects … of the pandemic reinforce the importance of safe access to water, hygiene, and sanitation, both as the first barrier … community well-being. The clear need to ensure that water is available in sufficient quantity and quality for human and …
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The impacts of climate change will be channeled primarily through the water cycle, with consequences that could be … large and uneven across the globe. Water-related climate risks cascade through food, energy, urban, and environmental … systems. Growing populations, rising incomes, and expanding cities will converge upon a world where the demand for water rises …
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This brief for policy makers is a summary of the main conclusions derived from the "Argentina: Valuing Water" report, a … detailed and technical water security diagnostic, and is designed for decision makers beyond the water sector. Its main purpose … is to make visible the importance of water, and the cost of existing water security gaps on Argentina's economy, society …
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This report explores priorities and challenges faced by Georgia to promote green transition and support its businesses to reduce their emissions through energy efficiency. The report stresses the need for improved incentives and opportunities for business investments in energy efficiency and...
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This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the...
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In 2001, FYR Macedonia embarked on a new education policy agenda. One of the goals of this agenda was to improve the country's student assessment system. In order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, FYR Macedonia decided to benchmark...
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By 2050, two-thirds of the planet's population will live in urban centers, and nearly 90 percentof the 2.5 billion new 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...
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