FEATURING: Richard Damania, Chief Economist for Sustainable Development, World 
Bank / Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director of Climate Change for the Ghana Forestry Co
The World Bank Group is aligning its financing with the Paris Agreement goals on climate change. This is important, as it keeps us focused on containing the warming of the earth to well below 2 degrees, and preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius, while achieving sustainable development and ending poverty. What does this mean and what will it take to achieve it? We asked Jennifer Sara, Global Director of the World Bank’s Climate Change Group; and Stephane Guimbert, Director of Operations Policy & Country Services to explain.
procurement information session aimed at raising awareness among the local, regional, and even the international market on essential aspects when bidding for Sint Maarten Trust Fund projects. This initiative seeks to promote transparency, inclusivity, and efficiency in the procurement process while enhancing the potential for participation of small companies in Sint Maarten.
learned from three years of TechEmerge sustainable cooling pilots. Leading corporates—including Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), Chalet Hotels, Tata Realty, and others—joined IFC India Country Head, Wendy Werner, and TechEmerge manager, Selcuk Tanatar, for a deep dive on the future of cooling and financing mechanisms to scale up these climate-smart solutions. A representative from our development partner, the UK’s Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, delivered opening remarks. The event also included the signing of an MoU among IFC, the 
People woke up to smog, haze, and a red sun, and were warned to stay indoors to protect themselves from a toxic cocktail of air pollutants. In New York City, the levels of 
Bank Group’s headquarters in Washington D.C. Aware of corruption’s high societal and environmental costs, the World Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to anticorruption as a development priority and seeks to foster partnerships with other stakeholders working towards better governance and integrity. Equally important to the Netherlands, the event was co-hosted by the 
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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