Unemployment Main Concern for Business Leaders but Climate is Moving Up List of Top Risks
Unemployment is the main concern for business executives globally, with fiscal crisis – the top concern in 2019 – coming third, according to the...
UN Special Adviser helps align UN and Africa on sustainable development path
Helping to reshape the UN's approach to better serve the continent and merge the UN-led Sustainable Development Goals with Africa's own 2063 Agenda, are...
Green Finance Recovery Mechanisms Needed to Meet Infrastructure Financing Gap in Southeast Asia
A new book by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) urges policy makers in Southeast Asia to use green and innovative financing approaches to help...
Coal Regions in Ukraine to Benefit from Poland’s Lessons on ‘Just Transition’
Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM) and the World Bank, in cooperation with the European Commission, launched an initiative to...
With “Earthshots”, Prince William takes aim at environmental decline
Prince William launched a new global award for the environment today designed to help address some of the planet’s most pressing challenges, from pollution...
South Asia: Worst Economic Plunge, Informal Workers Hit Hardest
South Asia is set to plunge into its worst-ever recession as the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on the region’s economies linger on, taking a...
Investing in People is Crucial to Economic Recovery in Central Asia
Central Asian economies are on course to contract by 1.7 percent this year, a sharp reversal from the 4.9 percent growth in 2019, says...
Amid COVID-19, these 10 countries are aiming to kickstart their economies by repairing nature
In 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order allocating US$ 10 million for emergency conservation efforts under the New Deal, putting...
Polish Economy to Shrink in 2020 due to Pandemic
The Polish economy is on course to record its first recession in nearly three decades, with an expected contraction of 3.9 percent this year,...
SMEs, COVID-19 and impact investment for digitalization
“COVID-19 has put a lot of strain on our society and on economies around the globe. To help small and medium enterprises to continue...