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UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
World’s first impact bond on weather, climate data opens for contributions
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) today opened for contributions to raise US$200 million towards a climate impact bond aimed at strengthening systematic observation of the planet and help close …
World Economic Forum
Climate health risks put US$1.5 trillion in productivity at stake by 2050
Climate-driven health risks could cost the global economy at least US$1.5 trillion in lost productivity by 2050 in …
At least nineteen million Filipinos are expected to benefit from two new projects approved by the World Bank's …
A new World Bank report, launched today, notes that India will need to grow by 7.8 per cent …
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18 November 2024
10 June 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN urges regional cooperation to accelerate digitalisation of cross-border trade procedures
6 December 2023
16 October 2023
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN forum opens with a resounding call to accelerate SDG action in South Asia
2 October 2023
The World Bank
East Asia and Pacific: Sustained growth, momentum slowing
25 April 2023
19 December 2022
International Finance Corporation
IFC, Singapore’s Agrocorp partner to improve food security in Bangladesh
10 October 2022
14 December 2021
11 May 2021
International Finance Corporation
IFC and Indigo Partners support low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific in recovery from Covid-19
29 April 2021
Wageningen University and Research
New initiative to create global online database with animal production data from all over the world
16 December 2020
International Finance Corporation
IFC and LOGOS partner to develop green logistics hub, drive economic activity in Indonesia
29 May 2020
International Association for Agriculture Sustainability
IAAS member wins Top Innovator Award in World Bank “2020 Agriculture Innovation Challenge”
23 November 2015
Sunlabob Renewable Energy, Ltd.
Sunlabob to implement rooftop solar at World Bank office in Laos
23 July 2014
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