ADB Investing Over $1 Billion to Help Pacific’s Renewable Energy Transition
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest over $1
billion worth of energy projects in the Pacific from 2019 to 2021 to increase
renewable energy generation...
UN Framework Classification helps EU to manage raw materials for batteries and shift to circular economy
Sustainably managing raw
materials, especially the critical raw materials needed for batteries, is of
strategic importance for the European Union. As the energy system moves more
strongly...
China: Addressing Structural Challenges to Ensure Broad-Based Growth
Growth in China has decelerated more than previously
expected amid weakening industrial growth and cooling domestic and external
demand. A more accommodative policy stance has helped...
Global Wave of Debt Is Largest, Fastest in 50 Years
Debt in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs)
climbed to a record US$55 trillion in 2018, marking an eight-year surge that
has been the largest, fastest, and...
Kazakhstan’s Economic Growth to Moderate in 2020
Kazakhstan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth
is projected at 4.0% for 2019, before easing to 3.7% in 2020, according to the
World Bank’s latest Kazakhstan
Economic...
AT&T and Deloitte to Explore the Future of Learning with 5G
AT&T* and Deloitte signed an agreement to bring 5G
network connectivity and edge computing services to Deloitte University to help
it transform the future of digital...
World Bank approves US$20 million Credit for Grenada’s Transition to a Resilient Blue Economy
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved
today a US$20 million credit to support Grenada’s transition to a resilient
blue economy. The Second Fiscal
Resilience and...
New government report takes stock of federalism in Nepal
Federalism is taking root in Nepal with measurable
progress in institutional and regulatory environments for federalism states a
new government report disseminated today by the Ministry...
Climate change: New rules agreed to determine which investments are green
Parliament negotiators reached
an agreement with Council on Monday on new criteria to determine whether an
economic activity is environmentally sustainable.
The so-called “taxonomy
regulation” stipulates that the...
Only 10 years to achieve SDGs but businesses remain on starting blocks for integration and progress
Analysis by PwC of over 1000
published reports from listed, private and public sector organisations,
highlights that with only ten years to deliver the Sustainable Development
Goals...