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The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a US$14 million IDA* grant to support the Government of Togo’s efforts to rehabilitate roads, drains and other infrastructure, to scale-up urban services, and strengthen the capacity of institutions.

The devastating TVA Kingston Fossil Plant
toxic coal ash spill in 2008.

Rapidly growing cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to disasters in the East Asia Pacfic region due to poor planning, with economic losses increasing dramatically as the region grows wealthier, says a new World Bank report.

A liquid storage tank stands twisted at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Building resilience to disasters and climate change will not only protect the fruits of development in Africa, but is also necessary to further propel inclusive growth in the continent, global leaders meeting in Japan agreed.

Attorneys from Conservation Law Foundation and Earthjustice filed a pair of lawsuits in the federal district court challenging recent decisions by the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding New England groundfish.

The United Nations Security Council will be briefed on the severe and escalating threat to peace and security posed by Central Africa’s heavily-armed elephant poaching gangs. A threat that has become a reality, and that is wiping out populations of forest elephants in virgin forests that were once pristine elephant sanctuaries, says World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Large extractive companies dealing with oil, gas and minerals will be obliged to disclose full details of their payments to national governments for every project that they operate, under a deal between Parliament and Council negotiators backed by the legal affairs committee. The aim is to make companies dealing with strategic resources and national governments more accountable.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) workshop aimed at further strengthening nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response capabilities concluded in Fukushima, Japan.