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Environment An idea to save Mexico’s oyamel forests could help monarch butterflies too Climate change is putting monarch butterflies’ overwintering forests in Mexico at risk.
Oct 8, 2024 · Environment Nature can provide the foundation for inclusive growth, food security, poverty reduction, and human wellbeing. The World Bank Group supports countries to sustainably manage natural resources to create jobs, improve food security, decrease pollution, and increase resilience to climate change.
The methodology is built on three pillars—Regulatory Framework, Public Services, and Operational Efficiency—and further detailed into 10 topics relevant for the business environment. These topics include Business Entry, Business Location, Utility Services, Labor, Financial Services, International Trade, Taxation, Dispute Resolution, Market Competition, and Business Insolvency.
Environment Nature can provide the foundation for inclusive growth, food security, poverty reduction, and human wellbeing. The World Bank Group supports countries to sustainably manage natural resources to create jobs, improve food security, decrease pollution, and increase resilience to climate change.
Bordered by the fragile young Himalayas and a long coastline, India’s vast and varied geography is particularly vulnerable to climate change. More than 80% of India’s people live in districts that are at risk of climate-induced disasters. Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, declining groundwater levels, retreating glaciers, intense cyclones and sea-level rise can precipitate major crises for livelihoods, food security and the economy. Towns and cities cannot escape the ...
Mar 28, 2024 · “To sustain its strong growth path and improve the livability of cities and the countryside, Bangladesh simply cannot afford to ignore the environment. Preventing environmental degradation and ensuring climate resilience is critical to stay on a strong growth path and for achieving the country’s vision of becoming an upper-middle-income country.”
Sep 16, 2024 · Government initiatives have sought to boost the manufacturing sector by improving the business environment, enhancing logistics infrastructure, improving tax efficiency and rationalizing tax rates. Since the pandemic, urban unemployment has improved gradually, especially for female workers, falling from 14.3 percent in FY21/22 to 9 percent in FY24/25.
Oct 17, 2022 · What is the state of global food security today, and what is the role of climate change? The number of people suffering acute food insecurity increased from 135 million in 2019 to 345 million in 82 countries by June 2022, as the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, and the continued economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed food prices to all-time highs.
The report “The Adaptation Principles: A Guide for Designing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience” lays out 6 principles – as well as 26 actions, 12 tool boxes and 111 indicators – to help ministries of finance approach adaptation challenges.
When we provide governments with financing to invest in projects — such as building a road, connecting people to electricity, or treating waste water — we aim to ensure that the people and the environment are protected from potential adverse impacts. We do this through policies that identify, avoid, and minimize harm to people and the environment.
