Throughout COVID-19 recovery, ‘plummeting’ clean energy costs can help climate action
COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new UN report published on Wednesday shows that renewable energy is more cost-effective than ever – providing...
Long-term data series are key to assess health of forests
Forest ecosystems are affected by many different stressors, such as climate change and air pollution. Drought periods, like the one in 2018, strongly reduce...
Turkish Export-Oriented Small and Medium Enterprises Benefit from Funding
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a partial credit guarantee in the amount of EUR 250 million (US$ 273,580,000 equivalent) to...
COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour
Millions more children risk being pushed into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis , which could lead to the first rise in...
ADB Approves $500 Million Loan to Help Keep Filipino Children Healthy and in School
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $500 million loan to expand its support for the Philippine government’s conditional cash transfer program, which...
UNIDO launches COVID-19 Industrial Recovery Programme
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has developed a new approach which will provide targeted support to national governments to restructure their industrial...
Action Plan Launched to Build Trust in Global Cyberspace
Digitalization has been revolutionizing our economies and societies for over two decades. Data fuels the digital economy, but it does so best when it...
New Government Guidelines Makes Accelerating Artificial Intelligence Possible
Prior to COVID-19, government investment in AI had surpassed billions of dollars in research and development. With a premium now placed on speed to...
Coronavirus: EU strengthens action to tackle disinformation
EU Commission and the High Representative are assessing their steps to fight disinformation around the coronavirus pandemic and are proposing a way forward. This...
The pandemic and a mild winter have delivered a historic shock to the global natural gas market
The combination of the Covid-19 crisis and an exceptionally mild winter in the northern hemisphere have put global demand for natural gas on course...