Environment
World Bank Launched AUD 340 Million Australian Dollar Bond While Highlighting Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) launched a 10-year AUD 340 million Australian Dollar Bond due 21 April 2033 while engaging with investors on the World Bank’s strategy, projects, and programs that support developing countries in the sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystem services and integrating nature in development.
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Healthy forests, healthy planet, healthy humans
Forests are key to building climate resilience.
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190 million children at risk from water-related crises: UNICEF
Students wash their hands at a newly built handwashing point at a primary school in Pemba District, Zambia.
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Sticking to ‘cold, hard’ climate facts can end global warming: Guterres
Water collects after rainfall in the desert of Oman.
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UNICEF expresses concern for thousands of children in outer islands following Vanuatu twin cyclones
UNICEF is preparing to ship its essential emergency supplies from Fiji, in addition to its emergency supplies already propositioned in Vanuatu. These include tents, tarpaulins, education, and health supplies to support immediate response needs on the ground.
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One month on, more than 850,000 children remain displaced by deadly earthquakes in southern Türkiye and Syria
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Kazakhstan Discusses Ways for Achieving Carbon Neutrality and Building Resilience
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the World Bank and Kazakhstan Association "ECOJER” launched a series of policy dialogues to support Kazakhstan in implementing its critical climate and environmental strategies, including the transition to a low-carbon economy, air quality management, and resilience to climate change. The first of the workshop series held, on February 28, focused on supporting Kazakhstan’s transition to carbon neutrality by 2060.
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Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 per cent of all biodiversity
On World Wetlands Day, observed this Thursday, the United Nations is calling for urgent action to revive and restore these ecosystems, which are disappearing three times faster than forests.
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3 Dead, More than 800 Injured in Iran Earthquake
In northwestern Iran, three people were killed and more than 800 injured Saturday in a 5.9 earthquake centered near the city of Khoi in the West Azerbaijan province, near the border with Turkey.
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UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing: Pakistan’s rains may have stopped, but children are still dying
“The rains have ended; and sadly, to a great degree, so has media attention. And yet 4 million children fight for survival near contaminated and stagnant flood waters.
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