2026 Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report

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The latest Global Gas Flaring Tracker, an independent report of gas flaring worldwide, reveals that global gas flaring rose for the third consecutive year in 2025, reaching 167 billion cubic meters (bcm), the highest recorded level since 2019. The gas wastefully burned could have powered homes and industries, created jobs, reduced import bills, and extended electricity access and clean cooking fuels for communities that still lack it.

Published annually by the World Bank’s Global Flaring and Methane Reduction (GFMR) Partnership, in collaboration with the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines, the report provides a comprehensive independent assessment of global gas flaring volumes, intensity, and trends.

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AI Could Boost Poland’s Economy by Up to 12% by 2035, New World Bank Group Report Finds

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WARSAW, June 22, 2026—Artificial intelligence could increase Poland’s real GDP by between 1.3% and 12.1% by 2035, according to a new World Bank Group report. The scale of the gains will depend on how quickly firms invest, how rapidly workers adapt, and whether policies enable the transition.

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World Bank Group Provides New Financing in Support of India’s Reform Program to Boost Growth and Jobs

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WASHINGTON, June 18, 2026—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $1.5 billion in financing to support India’s structural reforms to boost private sector-led job creation and economic growth under the Boosting Job Creation in the Private Sector Development Policy Financing (DPF) Operation.

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Second Emerging Markets CLO Advances World Bank Group Push to Mobilize Private Capital for Jobs

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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2026—The World Bank Group, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has closed its second securitization transaction under the Emerging Markets Securitization Program (EMSP), marking continued progress in mobilizing private capital to support private sector growth and build a scalable market for institutional investment in emerging markets.

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Under Mission 300, A New Way of Doing Business Connects Over 50 Million People to Electricity Across Africa

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Mission 300 is now delivering electricity access at nearly double the pace recorded at the initiative’s launch — proof that coordinated action can drive large-scale change

CAPE TOWN, June 16, 2026 — The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank Group announced today that Mission 300 has connected over 50 million people to electricity across 40 countries — a major milestone toward the initiative’s goal of reaching 300 million people by 2030.

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Kazakhstan’s Irrigation Overhaul: Less Waste, Better Harvests

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • From sunbaked fields in Makhtaral to rice paddies in Kyzylkum, a decade-long investment in water infrastructure is transforming how hundreds of thousands of farmers in southern Kazakhstan grow, irrigate, and thrive.
  • With World Bank support, Kazakhstan has modernized over 800 kilometers of canals and water management across four regions, improving irrigation and drainage services for more than 100,000 hectares of farmland.
  • For rural communities dependent on agriculture for their income, the impact of these efforts is immense — boosting yields, creating jobs, and securing water for generations to come.
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From Degraded Hillsides to Productive Land: Ethiopia’s Landscape Management Program

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ethiopia’s CALM Program has brought over 2.56 million hectares under sustainable landscape management across 700 woredas, one of the largest landscape restoration efforts on the continent.
  • More than 8.8 million Second Level Landholding Certificates have been issued to 3.9 million households, securing rights to over 16 million hectares of land and demonstrating that farmers who hold formal rights to their land invest more in its long-term restoration.
  • The program has generated over 1.1 million jobs, enabled access to $65 million in loans for certified landholders, and reached over 11.5 million beneficiaries, of whom 50% percent are women.
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When risks stack up: Threats to global food markets in 2026

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Global food commodity markets entered 2026 on a relatively stable footing, supported by ample grain and edible oil supplies. However, escalating conflict in the Middle East has disrupted that stability, introducing new volatility into food trade and input markets. The World Bank Group’s April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook projects a 2.5 percent increase in the global food commodity price index this year, but risks are firmly tilted to the upside. The emergence of El Niño conditions, rising energy and fertilizer costs, growing biofuel demand, and potential trade restrictions could all push food prices significantly above current projections.


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Harnessing Urban Growth for Recovery: New World Bank Report Charts Pathways for Resilient and Inclusive Cities in South Sudan

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JUBA, June 9, 2026 — The World Bank Group, in partnership with the Government of the Republic of South Sudan, today launched the South Sudan Urbanization Review: Cities as Anchors of Recovery and Resilience, calling for urgent, coordinated action to harness rapid urbanization as a driver of stability, jobs, and inclusive growth.

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Recycling Textile Waste Can Create Jobs, Unlock Investment, and Boost Competitiveness in Morocco

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World Bank Group’s IFC pilot program demonstrates feasibility;
next step is scaling through reforms and investment

Rabat, Morocco, June 9, 2026 — Pilot trials conducted as part of the Morocco Textile Circularity program, led by the World Bank Group’s IFC, show that recycling textile waste in Morocco is technically viable and commercially feasible – and that scaling it could attract US$1.9 billion in additional private investment and generate more than 30,000 jobs, according to the World Bank Group’s Country Private Sector Diagnostic for Morocco.

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