IEA Sustainable Recovery Plan to boost economic growth
The International Energy Agency is today presenting a Sustainable Recovery Plan focusing on a series of actions that can be taken over the next...
Infrastructure fund Africa50 helps Egypt’s solar power sector take off
A 37-square-kilometer solar park so large that it can be seen from space, with over seven million photovoltaic panels, and funding of $4 billion....
ADB, APPC Sign Loan for Gas-Fired Power Plant to Enhance Afghanistan’s Energy Security
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Afghan Power Plant Company Limited (APPC) today signed a $10 million loan as part of a financing...
Thailand: small, low-tech firms suffer the most during COVID-19 pandemic
Small-size and low-tech firms have suffered the most from the COVID-19 crisis, according to research conducted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),...
Future EU-UK relations: next steps
The UK leaving the EU is not the end of cooperation. Talks are ongoing to determine how the two will work together on anything...
Human Rights experts call for global opposition to Israel’s annexation plans
Nearly 50 independent human rights experts are calling for the international community to oppose Israel’s plan to annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian...
ADB should end fossil fuel financing
NGO Forum on ADB, a network of over 250 civil society organizations across Asia calls out the Asian Development Bank to end its green...
We need a total fossil fuel lockdown for a climate revolution
Growth in renewable power has been impressive over the past five years. But too little is happening in heating, cooling and transport. Overall, global...
Latin America and the Caribbean countries need to spend more and better on health
Health spending in Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC) was about USD 1,000 per person in 2017, only ¼ of what was spent in...
Livelihoods of more than 55 million domestic workers at risk due to COVID-19
Nearly three-quarters of domestic workers around the world – more than 55 million people – are at significant risk of losing their jobs and...