Sluggish progress on climate finance at World Bank, IMF meetings
NEW DELHI: The annual World Bank and IMF meetings have wrapped up without a concrete plan to mobilise the trillions of dollars needed to fight climate change, in a year …
NEW DELHI: The annual World Bank and IMF meetings have wrapped up without a concrete plan to mobilise the trillions of dollars needed to fight climate change, in a year …
NEW DELHI: India did not accede to the pressure from developed countries on the issue of fossil fuels at recently concluded UN climate conference (COP28) in Dubai and the country …
NEW DELHI: In response to India’s escalating air pollution crisis, affecting the entire population of 1.4 billion, the World Bank has launched a multifaceted program aimed at curbing the devastating …
A pedestrians at a bus station in Vientiane, Laos, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Valeria Mongelli | Bloomberg | Getty Images An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos in …
Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United …
More children have been killed in just over three weeks in Gaza than in all of the world’s conflicts combined in each of the past three years, according to the …
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the upcoming UN climate conference (COP28) in December, the Loss and Damage Transitional Committee failed to reach consensus on critical issues relating to the proposed loss …
During the G20 leaders’ summit, U.S. President Joe Biden called on G20 leaders to support the World Bank and other multilateral development banks to increase their ability to support low …
The World Bank is considering the possibility of providing loans in local currency in countries like India to help borrowers reduce costs, according to a senior official. Anshula Kant, the …