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The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their spring meetings last week in Washington DC – a key event in a critical year for international climate finance.

Organisers of the Paris Games have pledged to cut planet-heating emissions in half but how will they deliver on this ambition?

As UN talks in Canada seek global plastics treaty, research says levels of plastic waste have become unmanageable.

Cambodia’s reliance on microloans, long touted as a way to reduce poverty, belies concerns over debt-fuelled deforestation.

By Samantha Ho

By Giuliana Viglione

By Anton L. Delgado

By Molly Lempriere

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New research by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) shows that disbursing International Development Association (IDA) funds to projects that positively affect people’s lives must overcome major barriers. By Jorge Moreira da Silva

Climate activists will keep pushing on – but they don’t deserve the treatment they’re getting. By Andrew Firmin

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We need more women in senior roles in finance to build inclusive institutions and allocate capital more rationally and fairly. By Sanda Ojiambo

Workers worldwide will need the expertise and resources to drive the fossil fuel-free agenda forward. By Henry White

By Grant Lynch and Ollie Jay

By Alexandra Sherlock and Rebecca Van Amber

By Alexander Fraser, Takenobu Toyota

By Hurriyah

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Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.

Juice Media parody ad mocking government inaction on climate change

We're screwed, claims a government parody ad, as politicians drag their heels on climate change. Taking a shot at the Australian government, the video exposes the absurdity of longstanding political inaction to address the climate crisis and puts out a not-so-subtle call for collective action.

Using data from twin satellites over a 14-year period, from 2002 to 2016, NASA comes up with stunning images of how wet areas are getting wetter, and groundwater is disappearing in some areas, and why.

Experts say that if fragmented sections of forest are linked in the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania and the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, it could significantly increase the odds in favor of ensuring species survival – and it’s a financially safe bet.

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

Exclusive The world's largest asset manager says it has put sustainability at the core of its investment approach. Eco-Business speaks to Shinbo Won, BlackRock's investment stewardship director in Singapore about what this means for investors, and how companies are responding to increased ESG pressure.

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