Climate Science
World can beat desertification: UN chief
Deserts keep growing around the world, but the process can be reversed if governments act in time, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
Nuke Wars
World afraid of nuclear war with N. Korea, says UN chief Guterres
Global anxieties about a nuclear war are at their highest level in decades, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday as he opened a gathering of world leaders dominated by the crisis with North Korea.
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World’s Last Great Forest Under Threat
The world's last remaining "pristine" forest - the boreal forest across large stretches of Russia, Canada and other northern countries - is under increasing threat, a team of international researchers has found.
Political Economy
World Bank tells LatAm to leverage Chinese funds
Latin America should leverage China's strong buying of the region's raw materials to strengthen their own reforms and boost long-term growth prospects, the World Bank said Tuesday.
Water World
World Bank cancels loan for controversial Lebanon dam
The World Bank said Friday it was canceling a loan to fund a dam in Lebanon that environmentalists claimed could destroy a valley rich in biodiversity.
Trade Wars
World Bank chief urges China to rebalance economy
The head of the World Bank on Monday urged China to rebalance its export-driven economy and said taming rising inflation remained the most important challenge for the country in the short term.
Trade Wars
World Bank chief vows to tackle ‘dysfunctionality’ at development lender
World Bank President Ajay Banga said Tuesday that he is working to reform "dysfunctionality" among the leadership of the development lender, and pledged to refocus its mission to better address the challenges posed by climate change.
Political Economy
World Bank chief says China to meet 7.5% growth target
China is likely to achieve its growth target of 7.5 percent this year despite planned structural reforms to rebalance the world's second largest economy, the World Bank president said Sunday.
Energy News
World Bank boosts climate financing by 10 percent
The World Bank announced Thursday that it delivered a record $42.6 billion in climate change financing in the last financial year, up 10 percent from a year earlier.
Political Economy
World Bank chief warns of economic ‘danger zone’
World Bank chief Robert Zoellick warned Saturday that the global economy was heading into a new "danger zone", as he urged China to speed up structural reforms to help its development.
Africa News
World Bank asks Sahel nations to diversify economies
The World Bank on Monday urged five West African countries to diversify their economies to adapt to climate change, warning they are extremely vulnerable to extreme weather patterns.
Trade Wars
World Bank, IMF meetings to proceed in Morocco despite quake
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund have confirmed that their annual meetings will go ahead in Morocco as planned next month despite a deadly earthquake near the event site.
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World Bank chief says China stimulus should continue
World Bank president Robert Zoellick said Wednesday it was too soon for China to roll back its massive stimulus measures as the world's third largest economy could yet falter on the road to recovery.
Trade Wars
Workers protest at Italy steel mill facing closure
Workers staged a new protest Wednesday against the proposed shuttering of the ILVA steel mill in southern Italy, which has been accused of generating massive pollution and causing high cancer rates.
Democracy
Workers beg Romney to stop latest Bain outsourcing
Being told to train his replacement was humiliating and surreal, but Tom Gaulrapp said the worst part was when the plant's US flag was taken down before the Chinese engineers arrived.
Wind Daily
Work starts on key German wind power energy line
Construction work has started on the long-delayed 700-kilometre (430-mile) power line that will transfer wind-generated electricity from northern to southern Germany, the economy ministry said Monday, pushed by an energy crisis.