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Press Releases / International Finance Corporation

IFC and Indigo Partners support low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific in recovery from Covid-19

...the largest airline in the country with its “low fare, great value” strategy. It offers the widest network in the Philippines, with flights spanning Asia and the Middle East. One of the yo...

11 May 2021

IFC and Indigo Partners support low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific in recovery from Covid-19

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Poor, vulnerable countries face disaster from coronavirus

...these places, these organisations stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the state, right on the coronavirus frontline. Often they are the connective tissue between local populations and national and interna...

9 Apr 2020

Poor, vulnerable countries face disaster from coronavirus

News / Policy & Finance

Businesses working with slavery survivors in India seek ways to offset Covid

...their business when the pandemic hit. "We were on course to launch our e-commerce operations when we had to stop abruptly due to the lockdown," said Bharathy Tahiliani, one of the directors of the com...

20 Aug 2020

Businesses working with slavery survivors in India seek ways to offset Covid

News / Transport

Indonesia invites China as investor for extended high-speed railway

...The Indonesian government, however, wants the high-speed railway to Surabaya to pass through the south side of the island. The government believes that an extension will make the project more economic...

20 Jan 2021

Indonesia invites China as investor for extended high-speed railway

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

My erasure from a news agency photograph of climate activists at Davos went viral — this is why it matters

...their families, their homes and the dreams they had for the future, all as a result of the climate crisis. This is the story I brought to Davos when I was ignored, but this is also a story that is lef...

10 Feb 2020

My erasure from a news agency photograph of climate activists at Davos went viral — this is why it matters

News / Policy & Finance

Tuk-tuk warriors: The abuse victims who rode to women's rescue in lockdown India

...the couple over the phone. If that failed, they would meet the husband at the couple's home or at Gauravi before approaching the police for help. "If husbands didn't mend their ways, we would keep the...

7 Sep 2020

Tuk-tuk warriors: The abuse victims who rode to women's rescue in lockdown India

News / Carbon & Climate

As Covid-19 pandemic deepens, global wildlife treaty faces scrutiny

...the Covid-19 crisis. The convention is ratified by almost all countries of the world, including the US and China, and is binding. Even the Paris climate agreement is not enforceable. In March, when th...

18 May 2020

As Covid-19 pandemic deepens, global wildlife treaty faces scrutiny

News / Carbon & Climate

How to make mapping and monitoring zero-deforestation commitments effective

...their deforestation-risk products. As for monitoring frequency, it will depend on the need of the users. If the users want to be more responsive to problems and deforestation on the ground, then they’...

31 Aug 2021

How to make mapping and monitoring zero-deforestation commitments effective

Press Releases / Impact Shakers

Twelve European startups win Impact Shakers Award

...They build trusted ecosystems for a modern, inclusive and fair society. "We are proud to be the winners of the Impact Shakers Awards for the Social Impact category. The recognition strengthens our co...

25 Jun 2021

Twelve European startups win Impact Shakers Award

The Singapore skyline. Singapore is positioning itself as a regional hub for green finance as Southeast Asia looks to infrastructure to revive ailing economies.

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Singapore's green taxonomy should lead, not lag

...The majority of the other ASEAN nations fall into the category of emerging economies, and therefore are expected to take bolder climate action than the least-developed nations found in some other part...

12 Apr 2021

Singapore's green taxonomy should lead, not lag

Opinion / Transport

A plastic army

...the simple reason that the company’s plastic packaging has little to no value on the recycling market. Most municipal recycling programmes in the US, Canada, and the UK do not accept plastic film, the...

18 Dec 2020

A plastic army

Opinion / Policy & Finance

We should not aim to return to normal

...the best options for an economic rebound, offering the highest economic multipliers in the short- and long-terms. Even before the pandemic, the UN determined that climate action could trigger $26 tril...

19 Jun 2020

We should not aim to return to normal

News / Transport

Thailand ramps up fight against wildlife trafficking

...ther to stem the illegal smuggling of wildlife. It was the driving force behind the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) and chairs an ASEAN ...

23 Jun 2021

Thailand ramps up fight against wildlife trafficking

student activism divestment at tufts university

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Combating climate change – why investors should keep their shares in fossil fuel companies

...the opposite of the lobbyist’s desired outcome. When the University of Oxford (for example) sells its shares, they won’t simply disappear—rather they will be sold on the market to another investor. An...

7 Jul 2020

Combating climate change – why investors should keep their shares in fossil fuel companies

News / Carbon & Climate

Mapped: How climate change disproportionately affects women’s health

...the map, each icon represents one study. The colour of the icon indicates whether the study finds that women (orange) or men (purple) are most affected by the climate change impact. (Grey indicates th...

2 Nov 2020

Mapped: How climate change disproportionately affects women’s health

News / Transport

Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but electric vehicles could render both moot

...The government is pushing for the development of EVs in the country, with the Indonesian Chambers Of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) predicting the country could become the world’s largest producer of l...

14 Jul 2021

Indonesia bets on biofuels over oil, but electric vehicles could render both moot

Opinion / Cities

Green gentrification: How climate action in cities can avoid fueling inequality

...the city boundaries and upgrading nearby housing. While the initiative has generally improved public safety, health and food security in the city, it created trade-offs for local communities. When the...

16 Dec 2019

Green gentrification: How climate action in cities can avoid fueling inequality

News / Carbon & Climate

Restoring soils could remove up to ‘5.5bn tonnes’ of greenhouse gases every year

...the carbon cycle by soaking up carbon from dead plant matter. Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and this is passed to the ground when dead roots and leaves decompose. But hu...

17 Mar 2020

Restoring soils could remove up to ‘5.5bn tonnes’ of greenhouse gases every year

Opinion / Policy & Finance

No time to spare for the Paris Climate promise

...there is no excuse to keep it sitting in the US Treasury’s coffers. By the same token, other rich countries must not use the renewed focus on the US as an alibi for backpedaling on their own commitmen...

14 Jan 2021

No time to spare for the Paris Climate promise

News / Food & Agriculture

Sime Darby Plantation cites budget concerns after withdrawing from High Carbon Stock Approach

...the implementation of our sustainability commitments on the ground, and on engaging with our suppliers." "When things get better we may reconsider re-engaging with HCSA," Rashyid said, adding that the...

28 Jul 2020

Sime Darby Plantation cites budget concerns after withdrawing from High Carbon Stock Approach

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