The World Bank has maintained its focus on climate change and gender equality issues in the Pacific, managing director of operations Anna Bjerde said on a visit to Australia, even as its largest ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Extreme weather killed at least 30 people in Beijing after a year's worth of rain fell in less than a week, forcing the relocation of more than 80,000 people, damaging roads and ...

“We’re kind of like the nerds of action sports.” Doing tricks on air-powered pogo sticks is a sport — and a rather extreme one at that. Brut filmmaker Léo Hamelin went to the world ...

World Bank Scales Up Global Efforts to Combat Plastic Pollution Lifecycle The World Bank Group has taken an active role in the INC process by organizing side events, sharing analytical tools, and ...

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India needs to invest more than $2.4 trillion by 2050 to build climate-resilient urban infrastructure, as its fast-expanding cities face growing challenges from extreme weather events linked to ...

A new World Bank report notes that Indian cities hold tremendous potential as centers of economic growth with 70 percent of new jobs coming from cities by 2030. However, timely action is needed for ...

GO TO SPEAKERS The World Bank Group’s Annual Conference on Development Economics—ABCDE —is a 36-year-old forum to stimulate an exchange of ideas between leaders in global policy discussions and ...

Soaring global food prices between 2022 and 2024 were driven by extreme weather linked to climate change, according to new international research.Lianne Kolirin reports for CNN.In short:Researchers ...

July 21 (UPI) -- Child poverty in Argentina fell by 14 percentage points in the second half of 2024, lifting an estimated 1.7 million children out of income-based poverty, according to a new ...

Extreme weather caused by climate change is driving up the prices of basic food products worldwide and posing wider risks to society, a new study has found.