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Multilateral development banks have not kept pace with changes to the global financial environment. For middle-income countries like India, accessing knowledge and technology is now a bigger challenge than raising capital, which suggests that these institutions must rethink their operating model.

15 Jun 2026

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Measuring environmental impact has historically been prohibitively expensive, but technology can change the equation. Blockchain advocate Sunny Lu argues that verified sustainability can help brands build trust with eco-conscious consumers.

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If the EU is to achieve its 2030 and 2050 climate goals, it must act now to ensure that it can weather the inevitable political headwinds. A new green social contract and industrial policy can make all the difference.

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Without a concerted effort by governments and international financial institutions to harmonise standards and strengthen incentives for investments in decarbonisation across the developing world, mid-century net-zero targets will slip out of reach. Three issues, in particular, warrant greater attention.

17 June 2022

Climate change-induced drought in Mongolia

23 February 2021

Forests cleared along Oregon’s Coast Range in the US

23 April 2020

Rohingya refugee children hunger

24 January 2020

hotel carbon footprint

23 January 2020

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20 January 2020

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15 November 2019

15 October 2019

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9 October 2019

forest fire east kalimantan indonesia

3 October 2019

25 July 2019

waste segregation in china

11 January 2019

Economic growth spelled out in Scrabble tiles

6 September 2018

A laborer hauls crushed rocks pulversied by a diesel-powered crusher in the shadow of a wind turbine.

30 August 2018

Cars parked in Kuala Lumpur

24 August 2018

A wind farm in France

22 February 2018

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