UN and Sony PlayStation team up with new virtual experience to raise gamers’ awareness of climate change
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Sony PlayStation have teamed up to create an immersive virtual reality experience designed to increase global awareness about what a...
First Tamil Nadu Housing Sector Strengthening Program
The Government of India, Government of Tamil Nadu and the World Bank today signed an agreement to help low-income groups in the state of...
Urgent need to tackle impact of likely electric car battery production boom
Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD, to call...
World Bank Approves $350M Loan to Support Reforms for Economic Recovery in Ukraine
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $350 million First Economic Recovery Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Ukraine in support of reforms...
UN rights experts call for decisive measures to protect ‘fundamental freedoms’ in China
The repression of “fundamental freedoms” by the Chinese Government prompted nearly 50 UN independent experts on Friday to express their continuing alarm, urging the...
EBRD and UNWTO Partner to Boost Tourism Recovery
The rapid spread of coronavirus has had a massive impact on many sectors of the global economy, with tourism being among the hardest hit....
COVID-19 Accelerates Cycle of Paid Entertainment Subscriptions and Cancellations
U.S. consumers had an average of 12 paid media and entertainment subscriptions pre-COVID-19.
Eighty percent of U.S. consumers now subscribe to a paid streaming video...
Sustained Reforms Crucial for Mongolia’s Long-Term Growth
Mongolia can build a more inclusive and sustainable economy by improving macroeconomic management, strengthening human development, increasing international trade, and diversifying the economy by...
Shift in Consumer Behaviour Spotlights Growing Cybersecurity Concerns
The rapid increase in cyberattacks and pressures escalating from the abrupt step change to digital prompted by COVID-19 have shifted consumer behaviour. The findings...
Most EU Member States not on track to reduce air pollution by 2030
The assessment of Member States' first programmes of measures to control air emissions finds that the implementation of the new European clean air rules...